In the previous post, we looked at the chiastic structure of the first half of Matt. 1:18-25. In this post, I want to suggest a possible structural analysis for the second half—that is from verses 21b –25. We actually divided… Read More ›
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The Birth of Jesus in Matt 1:18-25 (Part 2)
In this post, I wish to look at the first half of Matthew 1:18-25. In the previous post, I suggested that Matt. 1:18-25 could be divided into four sections, and we looked at sections 2 and 4 considered together; in… Read More ›
The Birth of Jesus in Matt 1:18-25 (Part 1)
In this post, I wish to start to look at the chiastic structure of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth in Matt.1:18-25. This is a total of 167 words in the Textus Receptus. (Nestle-Aland has 161 words). I will be working… Read More ›
When Did the Philippian Jailer Believe? – a Proposed Chiastic Analysis of Acts 16:31-34
In Acts Ch. 16 we have the exciting account of Paul and Silas’ arrest and subsequent release from prison. In the centre of this narrative, there is the account of the conversion of the Philippian jailer. Because of the current… Read More ›
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