1. Identify THREE rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.) Matthew 4:23: 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 Identifying Rhetorolects

2. Identify THREE rhetorolects in the text: WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.  WISDOM  PROPHETIC  MIRACLE  What clause indicates WISDOM rhetorolect? Matthew 4:23: 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:

3. What clause indicates WISDOM rhetorolect?  “teaching in their synagogues”  What clause indicates PROPHETIC rhetorolect? Matthew 4:23: 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:

4. What clause indicates the PROPHETIC rhetorolect?  “proclaiming the good news of the kingdom”  What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect? Matthew 4:23: 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:

5. What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?  “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. Matthew 4:23: Jesus went through Galilee, teaching in their synagoguesand proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among people. Matthew 4:23: 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:

6. The presence of WISDOM, PROPHETIC, and MIRACLE rhetorolect in the text: Matthew 4:23: 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 4:24.

7. What rhetorolect dominates Matthew 4:24: WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY?  MIRACLE  What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect? Matthew 4:24: 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:

8. What clause indicates MIRACLE rhetorolect?  “and he cured them”  Click for another question and the third, or closing, verse displayed along side the opening and middle verses. Matthew 4:24: 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:

9. 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?  Because of Jesus’:  (1) teaching of WISDOM,  (2) PROPHETIC preaching of the kingdom, and  (3) MIRACLES of healing. OPENING: Matthew 4:23: 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 4:24: 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 4:25: And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. Answer:

10. A final view of Matthew 4:23-25 OPENING: Matthew 4:23: 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 4:24: 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 4:25: And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

11. Good Work! Summary: In Matthew 4:23-25, an emphasis on MIRACLErhetorolect in the MIDDLE occurs in the context of an OPENING that blends WISDOM, PROPHETIC, and MIRACLErhetorolect 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 MIRACLEworking, rather than simply his acts of healing. Summary: In Matthew 4:23-25, 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.