A chiasm is a literary structure where themes of the first section of a passage is repeated in reverse order in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In Luke 4:14-30 the center and climax is Jesus indicating the he is fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy saying that the Spirit of the Lord “sent Me to preach release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18b-c).
Chiasm of Luke 4:14-30
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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