Two sections of Luke 21 describe the signs which will precede the second coming of Christ (Luke 21:8-11 and 25-27). The verses in between these two sections begin and end with chronological markers, showing that Luke is returning to discuss the events preceding and following the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70. The intervening

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 21:7-27 the center and climax is that when Jerusalem is surrounded (Luke 21:20), there will be days of

A chiasm is a literary structure where vocabulary of the first section of a passage is repeated in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In Luke 21:5-6 the center and climax is "the days will come" when the Jerusalem temple will be destroyed (Luke 21:6b). https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Luke-21.5-6a-Chiasm.pdf

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 21:1-4 the center and climax is the poor widow putting two small coins into the temple treasury (Luke

A chiasm is a literary structure where themes of the first section of a passage is repeated in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In Luke 20:45-47 the center is the ostentation of the scribes (Luke 20:46b-d). https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Luke-20.45-47a-Chiasm.pdf

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 20:41-44 the center and climax is the prophecy of Christ sitting at God's right hand and making his

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 20:27-40 the center and climax is that in heaven there is no longer marriage (Luke 20:29-35). https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Luke-20.27-40a-Chiasm.pdf

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 20:19-26 the center and climax is Jesus question, "Whose likeness and inscription does [a denarius] have?” (Luke 20:24a).

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 20:9-16 the center and climax is the parable pf the owner of a vineyard who sends first his

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 20:1-8 the center and climax is Jesus asking the chief priests, scribes, and elders a question that they