How to Study the Bible

1. How to Study the Bible Four Methods of Textual Study

2. Asking Questions: The Six Detectives Method of Study Hebrews 1:1-4 Who (Subject) God What (Verb- Action) has spoken to us in His Son Where (Place) When(Time) after He spoke long ago to the fathers* in these last days Why (Reason or Explanation) How (Method Used Perform Action or Achieve Results) in the prophets in many portions and in many ways*

3. Who (Subject) God’s Son whom He appointed heir of all things through whom also He made the world radiance of His glory the exact representation of His nature What (Verb-Action) Upholds all things by the word of His power Sat down* Having become as much better than the angels** When (Time) when He had made purification for sins* Where (Place) at the right hand of the Majesty on high* Why (Reason or Explanation) He has inherited a more excellent name than they.** How (Method Used to Perform Action or to Achieve the Result) Asking Questions: The Six Detectives Method of Study Hebrews 1:1-4

4. Writing Out the Text Method of Study Hebrews 1:1-4 God, After He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways In these last days has spoken to us in His Son whom He appointed heir of all things through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature And upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

5. Parallel Passages Method of Study (Center column References) Hebrews 1:1-4 Verse 1 spoke Numbers 12:6-8 God spoke to prophets through visions, but mouth to mouth with Moses, His faithful servant; Quoted in Heb 3:5 contrasting Moses and Christ as spokesman 3:6. Verse 2 In these last days Gal 4:4; Eph 1:10 God had a plan he executed through His Son in the fullness of the times = the last days spoken to us by His Son Jn 1:17 law was given by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus Christ Jn 15:15 Jesus said what He heard from the Father He made known to His apostles Heb 2:3-4 the great salvation at first began to be spoken by the Lord… whom He appointed heir of all things Ps 2:8 a prophecy of the Messiah receiving the nations and the very ends of the earth for His inheritance. Jn 3:35 Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. Rom 8:17 Christians are joint-heirs with Christ. by whom also He made the world. Jn 1:3 All things were made by Him 1Cor 8:6 by whom are all things Col 1:16 All things created by Him in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible

6. Verse3 And H e is the radiance of His glory Jn 1:14 we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father Jn 14:9 If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father 2 Cor 4:4 glory of Christ, who is the image of God Col 1:15- He is the image of the invisible God Upholding all things by the word of His power Col 1:17 In Him all things hold together When He had made purification of sins Heb 7:27 not as the High priest, needed only one sacrifice Heb 9:12 not through blood of goats and calves He entered the holy place and obtained eternal redemption. Heb 9:14 offered Himself without blemish; His blood will cleanse the conscience Heb 9:26 once at the consummation of the ages, He has been manifested to put away sin Sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high Ps 110:1 predicted by David, would sit there until all enemies put under His feet Eph 1:20 raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places Heb 8:1 We have a High priest seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens Heb 12:2 endured the cross, despised the shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Pet 3:22 God’s right hand, having gone into heaven - angels, authorities, and powers made subject to Him. Verse 4 Having become as much better than the angels Eph 1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion Phil 2:9-10 Father bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, at name of Jesus every knee will bow Parallel Passages Method of Study (Center column References) Hebrews 1:1-4

7. Word Study Hebrews 1:1-4 sundry times (KJV) Other Versions many portions (NASV); various times (NKJV); fragmentary (NEB); many times (NIV); many times (Simple English Bible) Dictionary Sundry= “miscellaneous, various” Bible Word Dictionary (Vine’s) In many parts or portions divers manners (KJV) Other Versions many ways (NASV); various ways (NKJV); varied fashion (NEB); various ways (NIV); many ways (SEB) Dictionary Divers= “various” Manner= “a mode of procedure or way of acting” Bible Dictionary (Vine’s) in many ways

8. last days Other Versions final age (NEB); last times (Simple English Bible) Dictionary (cannot use for most phrases as generally dictionaries define word, not phrases) Bible Dictionary (Vine’s) The reference is to the close of the period of the testimony of the prophets under the Law, terminating with the presence of Christ and His redemptive sacrifice and its effects. brightness of His glory (KJV; NKJV) Other Versions Radiance of His glory (NASV); radiance of God’s glory (NIV); effulgence of God’s splendor (NEB); shining brightness of God’s glory (Simple English Bible) Dictionary Bright= implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light Glory= great beauty and splendor, magnificence Bible Dictionary (Vine’s) Brightness- shining forth, brightness of a light coming from a luminous body Glory- the nature and acts of God in self-manifestation; i.e. what He is and does. Word Study Hebrews 1:1-4

9. Word Study Hebrews 1:1-4 express image of his person (KJV, NKJV) Other Versions Exact representation of His nature (NASV), exact representation of His being (NIV); the stamp of God’s very being (NEB); The exact picture of God’s real being (Simple English Bible) Dictionary: Express= exact, precise Image= exact likeness Person= personality Bible Dictionary (Vine’s) Image- A stamp or impress, as on a coin or a seal, in which case the seal or die which makes an impression bears the image produced by it, and vice versa… The phrase expresses the fact that the Son of God is not merely His image; He is the image or impress of His substance or essence. It is the fact of complete similarity which this word stresses. Person- substance. Here the word has the meaning of the real nature… it speaks of the Divine essence of God existent and expressed in the revelation of His Son.

10. Word Study Hebrews 1:1-4 upholding, upholds (KJV, NASV, NKJV) Other versions sustains, sustaining (NEB, NIV); holds up (Simple English Bible) Dictionary uphold- to give support to. Bible Dictionary (Vine’s) bear, carry purged (KJV, NKJV) Other Versions made purification (NASV); provided purification (NIV); provided a cleansing from sin (Simple English Bible) Dictionary to clear of guilt; to free from moral or ceremonial defilement Bible Dictionary to cleanse or make clean

11. Last Step of Any Type of Study: Application Hebrews 1:1-4 God has spoken through His Son- Heir of all things Creator and Sustainer of the world Radiance of His glory Exact representation of His nature Sat Down at God’s right hand Much better than the angels- more excellent name I better listen!