Metastasis; or, Counter-Blame A transferring of the Blame from one’s self to another
Me-tas´-ta-sis . Greek, μετάστασις, from μετά (meta), beyond, over, and στάσις, a standing or placing (from ἱστάναι (histanai), to put or place).
Hence, Metastasis means a placing beyond: i.e., a transferring.
Hence called by the Latins TRANSLATIO, a translating .
The Figure is so called because it is a transferring of blame from one person or thing to another.
Elijah used the figure in his answer to Ahab in
1 Kings 1:18. -“When Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house,” etc.
2 Kings 9:19. -“Is it peace?… What hast thou to do with peace?” This is also the Figure Anteisagoge (q.v. [Note: Which see.]).
Romans 7:14. -“We know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.”