By the age of 2, most children will start mixing in their own utterances along with repetitions of what they hear. Repetitive speech is an extremely common part of language development, and is commonly seen in young toddlers who are learning to communicate. In this case, they speaker has no control over what they say or when they say it. In many cases, echolalia is an attempt to communicate, learn language, or practice language.Įcholalia is different from Tourette syndrome, where a speaker may suddenly yell or say random things as part of their tic. For example, someone with echolalia might only be able to repeat a question rather than answer it. They may not be able to communicate effectively because they struggle to express their own thoughts. The name of Jesus dwarves all other repeated words and phrases put together.People with echolalia repeat noises and phrases that they hear. You might need a calculator for some of them. You will encounter the name of Jesus Christ at least forty-five times.Īnd that’s not all – try counting the name of Jesus in the other epistles too. That honor belongs to the following – Jesus – Christ – Lord – or some form (the pronouns Him/His etc.) If you read First Peter all the way through you will encounter “suffering, suffers, etc” about fifteen times. From preachers, professors, Bible class teachers, commentators and Craig. As I told you the most repeated word in Peter is a form of the word “suffering.” At least that’s the repeated word which gets the most attention. Maybe that’s why no one ever pointed it out to me, either in the classroom, the pulpit or any commentary I ever read. However…Īs I read First Peter over and over and over I noticed something else. How a believer views time is central to their capacity to endure suffering. Indeed, in my view First Peter presents the Christian world view/perspective on the element of time. One of my favorite phrases from Peter is “at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” It’s mentioned 4-5 times. Some even say it’s the theme of the book. Obviously our response to suffering has a lot to do with the message of First Peter. The most repeated word was along the lines of “suffering.” If I remember correctly it’s in the 13-15 range in number of times mentioned. When I searched for repeated words and phrases throughout the five chapters of First Peter the truth of what I encountered astounded me. Being on guard for repeated words and phrases, as we read our Bibles, can be very illuminating.
Something the Holy Spirit is trying to underscore for our benefit. Repeated words and phrases reveal a theme oftentimes.
Now it’s something I automatically do when I’m looking at a text. You’ll be amazed at what you learn if you’ll just read the Bible.” He’s right.Īnyway, another key is looking for repeated words and phrases throughout the particular book you are studying.
(Which is easy to do if you are studying Philemon.) As one of my teachers was fond of saying, “Read the Bible. First and foremost, nothing beats reading the text all the way through.
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One of the best classes I ever had was one on how to study the Bible.