A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In Matthew 19:1-9, In the climax is Jesus explaining divorce in the Old Testament by saying, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way” Matt 19:7-8).
The Chiasm of Matthew 19:1-9
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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