Chiasm
Matthew 08:23–34
Matthew 08:23–346 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 23a And when he was entered into a ship,
- B 23b his disciples followed him.
- B' 27b that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- A' 27c (even the winds and the sea obey him)
- 2A. 28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- 2B. 28b-29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- 2B'. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- 2A'. 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.