diff --git a/jit/figs-rquestion/01.md b/jit/figs-rquestion/01.md index 4433554..361a52d 100644 --- a/jit/figs-rquestion/01.md +++ b/jit/figs-rquestion/01.md @@ -9,41 +9,45 @@ A rhetorical question is a question that a speaker uses for some purpose other t ### Examples from the Bible -##### To express strong emotions +Rhetorical questions can be used to express strong emotions. + >Why did I not die when I came out from the womb? (Job 3:11 ULB) -Job used the question above to show how sad he was that he had not died as soon as he was born. He wished that he had not lived. +* Job used the question above to show how sad he was that he had not died as soon as he was born. He wished that he had not lived. >And why has it happened to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43 ULB) -Elizabeth used the question above to show how surprised and happy she was that the mother of her Lord came to her. +* 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. -##### To rebuke or scold >Those who stood by said, "Is this how you insult God's high priest?" (Acts 23:4 ULB) -The people who asked Paul this question were accusing him of insulting the high priest. They were not asking him how he insulted God’s high priest. +* The people who asked Paul this question were accusing him of insulting the high priest. They were not asking him how he insulted God’s high priest. >Do you not still rule the kingdom of Israel? (1 Kings 21:7 ULB) -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. +* 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. + +>What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to? 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. >Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number! (Jeremiah 2:32 ULB) -God used the question above to remind his people of something they already knew: a young woman would never forget her jewelry and a bride would never forget her sash. He then rebuked his people for forgetting him, who is so much greater than those things. +* God used the question above to remind his people of something they already knew: a young woman would never forget her jewelry and a bride would never forget her sash. He then rebuked his people for forgetting him, who is so much greater than those things. -##### To introduce a topic ->What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to? 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. - -##### To teach >Or which one of you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? (Matthew 7:9 ULB) -Jesus used the question above to remind the people of something they already knew: a good father would never give his son something bad to eat. By introducing this point, Jesus could go on to teach them about God with his next rhetorical question: +* Jesus used the question above to remind the people of something they already knew: a good father would never give his son something bad to eat. By introducing this point, Jesus could go on to teach them about God with his next rhetorical question: >Therefore, if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him? (Matthew 7:11 ULB) -Jesus used this question to teach the people in an emphatic way that God gives good things to those who ask him. +* Jesus used this question to teach the people in an emphatic way that God gives good things to those who ask him. ### Translation Strategies