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 23:32-43 the center and climax is sodiers mocking Jesus sayying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself.” But the inscription above him said, “This is the King of the Jews” (Luke 2335-38).
The Chiasm of Luke 23:32-43
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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