![]() ![]() Longest section of Jesus’ teaching on discipleship (10:1–11:1) Jesus heals a mute demon-possessed man (9:32–34)Įnds with a summation of Jesus’ extensive healing ministry (as also in point A) Jesus heals a woman’s bleeding disorder and raises a ruler’s daughter from the dead (9:18–26) Includes Matthew accepting Jesus’ call to follow him Longer section of Jesus’ teaching on discipleship (9:9–17) Jesus heals two demon-possessed men (8:28–34) Jesus calls two would-be disciples to follow him Short section of Jesus’ teaching on discipleship (8:18–22) Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law of her fever (8:14–15)Įnds with a summation of Jesus’ extensive healing ministry (as also in point A″) Jesus heals a centurion’s paralyzed servant (8:5–13) 10A guiding rationale that supports this block of text as a literary unit is its six-part parallel arrangement (A-B-A′-B′-A″-B″), alternating between miracle stories and discipleship passages: The overall book-wide unit in which the Roman centurion story occurs is Matt 8:1–11:1. ![]() In closing, we will attempt some observations on what this study may show us about first-century apostolic pedagogy. Next, we will analyze the literary structure of the story, keeping in mind Dorsey’s three points for examining structured text. ![]() This broader perspective increases the likelihood that these structures originate with the biblical author and help readers understand better the author’s purposes for the passage in its context and for the passage itself. 9Before looking at its patterning, we will first examine the larger literary patterns in which the story itself forms a part. We will use as our sample study the Gospel story of Jesus’ healing of the Roman centurion’s servant as preserved for us in Matt 8:5–13. This essay will seek to put a sleeve to a window and give it a good rub in the hopes that in some small way it will let us see back to the days of the apostles and glimpse what they, perhaps, consciously embedded in the very words of their written text. Having had the opportunity to carefully read through a full-length copy of the manuscript before Dorsey sent it to the publisher, 8 I began to wonder if this was an organizing and communication technique used by the New Testament writers in the same kind of thoroughgoing way to convey and package meaning for the benefit of their readers.
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