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    Matthew 01:18-02:23 has a wordplay between “Jesus” (ישוע), “Save” (יושיע), “Name” (שמו).

    This section of Matthew also employs the wordplay “Appeared” (נראה), “Fear” (תירא), “Saw” (ראו) which is used in several other passages in Matthew including the Transfiguration and The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen and the Vineyard. Some of the more interesting wordplays are listed below...
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    Matthew 23:27-28 Jesus Makes a Poem about Hypocrites

    In Matthew 23:27-28 Jesus creates a poem out of two wordplays. “Hypocrites” החנפים “Filthy” מטונפים “Sepulcher” קבר “Within” קרב Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites {“Hypocrites” (החנפים)}! For you are like whitewashed tombs {“Sepulcher” (קבר)} which outwardly appear...
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    Matthew 11:07-12 Jesus Makes a Poem about Kings

    In Matthew 11:07-12, Jesus creates a poem with two wordplays. The first wordplay involves the terms “Cast About,” “King,” “Messenger,” and “Kingdom.” This wordplay symbolizes the contrast between kings and John the Baptist – the messenger. The terms “King” and “Messenger” are spelled similarly...
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    Matthew 06:05-08 Jesus Makes a Poem about Prayer

    In Matthew 06:05-08, Jesus makes a poem that uses four different wordplays that contrast the right way and the wrong way to pray. Jesus contrasts praying in the synagogue versus praying in secret. He contrasts the results for the way that hypocrites pray versus the result for praying correctly...
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    Matthew 06:09-15 The Lord’s Poem – the Poetry of Jesus

    The Lord’s prayer is a poem that contains wordplay between the words “Kingdom” (מלכותך), “Bread” (לחם), “Forgive” (מחול), “Sinners” (לחוטאים). “Kingdom” מלכותך “Bread” לחם “Forgive” מחול “Sinners” לחוטאים “From” מכל “Them” להם “You” לכם Our Father in heaven...
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    Matthew 06:03-04 Jesus Makes a Pun about Charity

    In Matthew 06:03-04, Jesus makes a Hebrew pun with the words “doing” and “your gift.” “Doing” ימינן “Your Gift” מתנן Matthew 6:3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing {“Doing” (ימינן)}, 4 so that your charitable deed {“Your Gift” (מתנן)}...
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    Matthew 17:20 Jesus made a Poem about Faith and Belief

    In Matthew 17:20 Jesus made a poem in Hebrew using the words “faith,” “truly,” “believe,” and “boast.” The poem keys on two wordplays that both involve the word “believe.” “Faith” אמונתכם “Truly” אמן “Believe” תאמינו “Believe” תאמינו “Boast” תאםרו Matthew 17:20 So he said to them, “Because of...
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    Matthew 15:32-37 - Jesus creates a poem with 4000 people.

    In Matthew 15:32-37, Jesus creates a Hebrew poem using the following words: 15:33 “Satisfy” לשביע 15:34 “Seven” שבעה 15:35 “Grass” העשבים 15:36 “Seven” השבעה 15:36 “Broke them” וישברם 15:37 “Satisfied” וישבעו 15:37 “Seven” שבעה Matthew 15:32 Now Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I...
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    Matthew 21:19 The Quarrel with the Fig Tree – a Living Poem by Jesus

    Have you ever wondered why Jesus went to so much effort to find “grounds for quarrelling” with the fig tree in Matthew 21:19? It just so happens that the Hebrew word for fig tree is spelled the same as the Hebrew word used in Judges 14:4 for “occasion [ground of quarrel].” According to Mark...
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