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Issue 98 Remove Extra Heading Levels - RQuestion

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Susan Quigley 2019-02-13 21:35:10 +00:00
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### Examples from the Bible
Rhetorical questions can be used to express strong emotions.
**Sometimes rhetorical questions are used to express strong emotions.**
>Why did I not die when I came out from the womb? (Job 3:11 ULB)
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* Elizabeth used the question above to show how surprised and happy she was that the mother of her Lord came to her.
Rhetorical questions can be used to rebuke or scold.
**Sometimes rhetorical questions are used to rebuke or scold someone.**
>Those who stood by said, "<u>Is this how you insult God's high priest?</u>" (Acts 23:4 ULB)
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* Jezebel used the question above to remind King Ahab that he still ruled the kingdom of Israel. The rhetorical question made her point more strongly than if she had merely stated it, because it forced Ahab to admit the point himself. She did this in order to rebuke him for being unwilling to take over a poor man's property. She was implying that since he was the king of Israel, he had the power to take the man's property.
Rhetorical questions can be used to introduce a topic.
**Sometimes rhetorical questions are used to introduce a topic.**
><u>What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?</u> It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden ... (Luke 13:18-19 ULB)
* Jesus used the question above to introduce what he was going to talk about. He was going to compare the kingdom of God to something.
Rhetorical questions can be used to teach something.
**Sometimes rhetorical questions are used to teach something.**
><u>Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her sash?</u> Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number! (Jeremiah 2:32 ULB)