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 Mark 3:1-6 the climax is Jesus asking those in the synagogue, βIs it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?β But they kept silent. (Mark 3:4).
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