A chiasm is a literary structure where the 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 Mark 1:40-45 the center and climax is the leper saying to Jesus, “If You are willing, You can make me clean” and Jesus replying, “I am willing; be cleansed” (Mark 1:40-41).
The Chiasm of Mark 1:40-45
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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