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NASB | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is recognized and judged by its fruit. |
Subject: Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? |
Bible Note: tumbleweed What is expository Bible Study? The Study of the Bible derived from a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, through answering a set, or series of questions asked of the passage, in order to arrive at a literal interpretation from which to form an application. History – the history of the time in which the passage was written. Grammar – the meanings of the words and phrases in their original languages and how they are used in the passage, and how they are used in other parts of the Bible; Hebrew and Greek, and in English in their grammatical construction. Literary – the meanings of the words and phrases within sentences, and the sentences within the context of the preceding and subsequent verses, as well as the types of literature that each book has been written as. Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the content of the passage; Content – the information that determines what the passage is about. Who is in the passage? What is the passage about? Where does the passage take place? When does the passage take place? Why does this passage appear in the book it is in? Questions – a series of questions asked of the passage to determine the context of the passage; Context – the information that determines how a passage should be interpreted. What is the theme, or themes of the book the passage falls under? What is the theme of the passage itself as a segment within the book? What is the author’s intent in writing to his recipients, what is his objective, what does he want them to understand? What is the author’s intention for his recipients, what does he want them to do, what is his application for them? What, according to the first four questions of context, does the passage mean, what is it saying on its own, what is the literal interpretation? Questions – a set of questions asked to determine how to apply the passage; What does this passage mean based off a literal interpretation of what the passage is about? Why and how is this passage important to us now in this century? How should this passage be applied using a literal interpretation? An exposition of the Bible is called “exegesis” – to pull out of the text the author’s intent in writing to his audience, resulting in an application derived from a literal interpretation of the Bible. An exposition of the Bible can be done on single lines of scripture, segments of scripture within a book, or as a topical study using many scriptures to cover a single subject. When a Bible study is done where a literal interpretation has not been obtained first, the meaning of the passage as intended by the author is often lost. This is not a literal interpretation of the Bible, and is called “eisegesis” – “putting into scripture what the author never intended”. Tools necessary to do an expository Bible Study – A literal translation of the Bible like the NKJV, KJV, ESV, or the NASB – to get the passage and be able to study it. A Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. – to understand the words, and how they are used elsewhere in the Bible. A Bible Commentary – links like the Ethereal Library, or Precept Austin, or others, to find out the theme, or themes and to see what others have found out before you about some of the questions about the passage. A pad of paper, or a computer, to write down all the questions and their answers, and to do the work. 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |