Chiasm
Matthew 27:38–44
Matthew 27:38–443 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
- B 39-40a And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself.
- C 40b If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- B' 41-42a Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
- B 39-40a And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself.
- A' 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.