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. Luke 10:25-37 contains two interlocking chiasms: the first, Luke 10:25-28; and the second, Luke 10:28-37. The center and climax of the first is “You shall live the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27). The center of the second chiasm is the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–35).
The Chiasms of Luke 10:25-37: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
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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