In our next article we hope to conclude this brief survey of the Figures of Speech used

in Scripture, but would remind the reader that we shall only have been able to deal with a

tithe of the complete subject.

The figures that remain are those dealing with "Feeling" and "Argumentation". Under

the heading of "Feeling", twenty-three figures are listed;  and under the heading

"Argumentation", nineteen. We give a few examples of each kind.

Anamnesis or "Recalling"--from the Greek ana, "again" and mineskein, "to put in

mind".--An example occurs in Rom. 9: 3. According to the A.V., Paul expresses a

wish in this verse that in 8: 38, 39 he is persuaded could never be fulfilled. We

observe, however, that the verb "to wish" is in the imperfect tense and should be

translated "I used to wish". All is then clear. The apostle recalls the time when he too

acted as his fellow-countrymen were still acting, and so, instead of bitterly accusing

them, he looks at them with sympathy and with tears, realizing the grace that alone has

made the difference in his own attitude.

It should, perhaps, be mentioned here that many commentators do not adopt the

rendering "I used to wish" given above, but adhere to the text of the A.V. For a fuller

discussion of this point the reader is referred to the series on The Epistle to the Romans,

No.65, which will appear in the August issue.

It would be a good thing if we all practiced the figure of Anamnesis more often. In

Eph. 2: 11 we have the apostle's call to "remember"; and many a time it would be

salutary for us to remember the pit from which we were taken.

Other Figures of Feeling, which we cannot now consider, deal with Blessing, Prayer,

Exhortation, Wishing, Exclamation, Reprimand, Imprecation, and the like.

Erotesis or "Interrogating", from erotan, "to ask".--Dr. Bullinger draws attention to

the fact that out of the 1,189 chapters of the Bible, there are only 453 which are without a

question, and that there are no less than 3,298 questions. No system of sub-division

seems quite adequate or complete. Many attempts have been made, but overlapping or

omission seem almost inevitable. Dr. Bullinger suggests a system of 19 classes, e.g.:--