Lesson 5 | Test Your Arc/Bracket

Before putting on your detective hat, let’s review the lesson.

What we learned this lesson...

1. The goal of the testing process is to arrive at a proper interpretation.
2. Record thoughts with dot notes when formulating your initial hypothesis (bracket).
3. Three Verification Markers: #1 | Reconstruct the Scene Complete a wooden paraphrase, bolding the conjunctions. #2 | Check for Continuity Read through your paraphrase critically. #3 | Re-examine the Evidence Compare your paraphrase with the biblical text, line-by-line.
4. Three more optional verification markers:
5. Comparison with a published paraphrase
6. Read-throughs with a friend
7. Commentaries
8. Don’t get stumped! …by cherry-picking the evidence.