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Key four: Text analysis made possible | Print |

To understand a passage properly, it is necessary to follow the writer’s argument. The process by which this is done can be called semantic discourse analysis and may be done in four main steps:

Step 1: Divide the passage into smaller units

This makes it easier to work with the text. ScriptureDirect has already divided the New Testament into lines for this purpose.

Step 2: Mark significant meaning indicators

To discover how the author develops his argument or story, it is helpful to mark the related and significant words in the passage. ScriptureDirect provides the tools to do this:

Marking meaning indicators

Step 3: Establish the meaning structure

This shows how the author develops his argument. ScriptureDirect provides the tools to mark, name and describe every part of the meaning structure:

Create meaning structure

Step 4: Draw conclusions and summarise

ScriptureDirect provides various options where the users can write and develop their findings:

Drawing conclusions and summarise