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@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ The word “hyperbole” is used to talk about a certain way someone says or wri
#### Examples from the Bible: #### 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) 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. * 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) * 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.
* 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.