From c296ef4f534fa5fbff8db9bf1d970c2682dff20f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 1LoisC Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 13:58:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'articles/hyperbole.md' --- articles/hyperbole.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/articles/hyperbole.md b/articles/hyperbole.md index 831b8cc..224da8e 100644 --- a/articles/hyperbole.md +++ b/articles/hyperbole.md @@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ The word “hyperbole” is used to talk about a certain way someone says or wri #### Examples from the Bible: If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed … (see: Mark 9:43) - * Jesus used hyperbole so everyone would know that to continue to sin is a serious thing. He did not want people to actually cut off their hands. However, people need to do whatever they need to do to stop sinning. -The Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel, with thirty thousand chariots, six thousand men to drive the chariots, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. (see: 1 Samuel 13:5) +* Jesus used hyperbole so everyone would know that to continue to sin is a serious thing. He did not want people to actually cut off their hands. However, people need to do whatever they need to do to stop sinning. - * The author of 1 Samuel used hyperbole so everyone would know that there were many soldiers in the Philistine army. This allowed readers to know that the Israelites were in great danger. - * They will not leave one stone upon another … (see: Luke 19:44) - Jesus used hyperbole so that his listeners would know that Jerusalem would be terribly destroyed. +* The Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel, with thirty thousand chariots, six thousand men to drive the chariots, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. (see: 1 Samuel 13:5) + +* The author of 1 Samuel used hyperbole so everyone would know that there were many soldiers in the Philistine army. This allowed readers to know that the Israelites were in great danger. * They will not leave one stone upon another … (see: Luke 19:44) + +* Jesus used hyperbole so that his listeners would know that Jerusalem would be terribly destroyed. + \ No newline at end of file