Identify THREE rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.)

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Identify THREE rhetorolects in the following
text (Click for slide progression and answers.)
Identifying Rhetorolects

• Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
  teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
  good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
  and every sickness among people.
• Choose THREE of the following six rhetorolects
  
  WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,
  PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY

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Identify THREE rhetorolects in the text
WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC,
MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
and every sickness among people. Answer

• WISDOM
• PROPHETIC
• MIRACLE
• What clause indicates WISDOM rhetorolect?

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What clause indicates WISDOM rhetorolect?
Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
and every sickness among people. Answer

• teaching in their synagogues
• What clause indicates PROPHETIC rhetorolect?

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What clause indicates the PROPHETIC rhetorolect?
Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
and every sickness among people. Answer

• proclaiming the good news of the kingdom
• What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?

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What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?
Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
and every sickness among people. Answer

• curing every disease and every sickness among
  the people
• Click for the next slide and an image of the text
  labeled with the appropriate colors.

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The presence of WISDOM, PROPHETIC, and MIRACLE
rhetorolect in the text
Matthew 423 Jesus went through Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the
good news of the kingdom and curing every disease
and every sickness among the people.

• Click for the second, or middle, verse
  Matthew 424.

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What rhetorolect dominates Matthew 424 WISDOM,
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or
PRIESTLY?
Matthew 424 So his fame spread throughout all
Syria, and they brought to him all the sick,
those who were afflicted with various diseases
and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics,
and he cured them. Answer

• MIRACLE
• What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?

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What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?
Matthew 424 So his fame spread throughout all
Syria, and they brought to him all the sick,
those who were afflicted with various diseases
and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics,
and he cured them. Answer

• and he cured them
• Click for another question and the third, or
  closing, verse displayed along side the opening
  and middle verses.

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As the narration of these verses moves forward
(progressive texture) to the CLOSING, what does
the text suggest are the three likely reasons
that such large crowds follow Jesus?
OPENING Matthew 423 Jesus went through
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and
curing every disease and every sickness among the
people. MIDDLE Matthew 424 So his fame spread
throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all
the sick, those who were afflicted with various
diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and
paralytics, and he cured them. CLOSING Matthew
425 And great crowds followed him from Galilee,
the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond
the Jordan. Answer

• Because of Jesus
• (1) teaching of WISDOM,
• (2) PROPHETIC preaching of the kingdom, and
• (3) MIRACLES of healing.

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A final view of Matthew 423-25
OPENING Matthew 423 Jesus went through
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and
curing every disease and every sickness among the
people. MIDDLE Matthew 424 So his fame
spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to
him all the sick, those who were afflicted with
various diseases and pains, demoniacs,
epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured
them. CLOSING Matthew 425 And great crowds
followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis,
Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
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Good Work!
Summary In Matthew 423-25, an emphasis on
MIRACLE rhetorolect in the MIDDLE occurs in the
context of an OPENING that blends WISDOM,
PROPHETIC, and MIRACLE rhetorolect in its
portrayal of Jesus. As the CLOSING pictures large
crowds of people following Jesus, their
following is likely to be a result of a blend
of Jesus WISDOM, PROPHETIC speech, and MIRACLE
working, rather than simply his acts of healing.