{"id":2237,"date":"2024-02-02T23:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2024-02-02T23:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T23:33:08","slug":"stage-five-detailed-observation-of-the-text-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/?p=2237","title":{"rendered":"STAGE FIVE \u2013 DETAILED OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT \u2013 PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reading and Thinking about the Text<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this stage of the Bible study process, the Bible student will need to read, re-read, meditate, THINK<\/u><\/strong>, and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance about the text in a more literal (or formal) translation in an effort to answer or respond to questions that pertain to the text, the sentences, the phrases, and the words.  Although over sixty-five more detailed primary questions are in the expanded PDF version (link:  https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/STAGE-FIVE-PDF-VErsion-Detailed-Analysis-Part-1-Rev-1.pdf<\/a>  ), a sampling of the questions are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sampling of Primary Questions about the Text<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 In order to be understandable, does the text have a presupposition (i. e, requires an antecedent in logic or fact)?  If so, identify the presupposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the text have major parts?  If so, identify the major parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Do any of the major parts of the text have any smaller parts (i.e., subparts)? If so, identify the subparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Describe the relationships between the major parts and subparts? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Are there patterns between major parts and the subparts?  If so, describe these patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sampling of Primary Questions to Consider about the Sentences<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Identify the sentences in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 OPTIONAL: Identify the Greek sentences for NT texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 How closely tied together are the sentences? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the sentence use connectors (e.g., \u201cand\u201d)?  If so, how are they used?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does each sentence build on one another?  If so, does it do so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the sentence form a part of an argument?  If so, what is the argument?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sampling of Primary Questions to Consider about the Phrases<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Identify the prepositional phrases (Greek or English).  What does each propositional phrase modify?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 What is the point of the phrase?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Is the phrase qualified?  If so, how is it qualified?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Is there anything \u201cstriking\u201d about the phrase?  If so, how is it striking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the phrase refer to salvation?  If so, how does it do so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the phrase refer to repentance?  If so, how does it do so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Sampling of Primary Questions to Consider about the Words<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Does the word contain a message?  Is, describe the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Is the translation of the original word crucial?  If so, describe how the translation is crucial.  Please note that details about how to conduct a word study are in a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Are any of the words names or titles?  If so, what are they?  Describe any significance they have in this Bible study exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Is there a usage of a metaphor? If so, describe the usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the Bible student completes their considerations of these questions (especially in the PDF version) about the text, the sentences, the phrases, and the words, they should have a good understanding of the text and relationships between the pieces and parts that comprise the text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are not a Christian,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it is critical that you click on and read about God\u2019s Plan of Salvation and respond  accordingly.  Link: https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BLOG-IF-YOU-ARE-NOT-A-CHRISTIAN-REV-1-426.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading and Thinking about the Text During this stage of the Bible study process, the Bible student will need to read, re-read, meditate, THINK, and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance about the text in a more literal (or formal) translation in an effort to answer or respond to questions that pertain to the text, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}