the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
John 11:25-26
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?1
1The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Jn 11:25–26). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.