"There Is One God And One Mediator Between God And Men, The Man Christ Jesus" 
1 Timothy (2:5)

Hyperbole

 
Hyperbole – An exaggeration of the size, power, meaning, and so on, of an object or phenomenon in order to emphasize that. A hyperbole is a type of figure of speech.
 
An example of hyperbole is saying;
 

  1. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
  2. He’s as strong as an ox.
  3. I could sleep for a year.
  4. This book weighs a ton.

 

A hyperbole is a figure of speech form used in the Bible.
 

Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away…

 

Mark 9:23 NIV
“Everything is possible for him who believes.”

 

John 12:19
“Behold, the world is gone after him.”  (The whole world at that time did NOT follow after him but very large crowds in Israel did.)

 

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