A chiasm is a literary structure where the themes of the first section of a passage are in this case contrasted in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In Matthew 17:22-23 the climax is Jesus’ statement: “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day” (Matt 17:22).
The Chiasm of Matthew 17:22-23
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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