A chiasm is a literary structure where vocabulary 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 4:31-41 the center and climax Jesus after healing Simon Peter’s mother-in-law on the Sabbath, when the sun has gone down, heals all the sick who were brought to him (Luke 4:38-40).
Chiasm of Luke 4:31-41
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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