The Structures Discernible Within Scripture

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'And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.'
(Act 17:10-11)

Hello there,

I have been looking at the book of Ephesians, in my Bible, which is KJV, but entitled, 'The Companion Bible', and compiled largely by Dr. E.W. Bullinger. It has marginal notes and appendices which I find useful, but as with all of these things, care must be taken to check all things, like the Bereans of old (Acts 17:11).

What I particularly like are the structures of the books within it's pages, all of them have their structures displayed, so that you can see at a glance the subject matter laid out for comparison. At the back, in the appendix, No. 198 there is a structure of Scripture in it's entirety. This is the link to it, should you be interested:- https://levendwater.org/companion/append198.html

There comes to my mind a booklet, which is an introduction to the Structures of Scripture by a man named, Andrew H. Morton. It is entitled, 'The Scriptures Testify of Me'. Here is the link should you wish to follow it up. I can recommend it:-
https://www.bibleunderstanding.com/The_Scriptures_Testify_of_Me.pdf

* If anyone has anything to comment about the structures to be found forming naturally, by subject matter etc., I would like to hear what you have to say.

Within the love of Christ our Saviour,
our Lord and Head,
Now risen and glorified,
And sat at God's right had.
Chris

 

[Love Fountain]

'And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.'
(Act 17:10-11)

Hello there,

I have been looking at the book of Ephesians, in my Bible, which is KJV, but entitled, 'The Companion Bible', and compiled largely by Dr. E.W. Bullinger. It has marginal notes and appendices which I find useful, but as with all of these things, care must be taken to check all things, like the Bereans of old (Acts 17:11).

What I particularly like are the structures of the books within it's pages, all of them have their structures displayed, so that you can see at a glance the subject matter laid out for comparison. At the back, in the appendix, No. 198 there is a structure of Scripture in it's entirety. This is the link to it, should you be interested:- https://levendwater.org/companion/append198.html

Hello Chris,

The Companion Bible is the greatest study Bible on the planet, nothing compares to it! With the Massorah, the Structures, the appendixes and so much more and how Blessed are you to have one for yourself and to be searching the Scriptures and learning the lessons within it. While it is the text of the KJV, the text is arranged according to the subject structures in the side notes appearing on most pages of each chapter and at the beginning of each book as a whole.

From YHVH, through the Ancient Hebrews, through Abravanel, through Azariah de Rossi, through Robert Lowth, through John Jebb, through Thomas Boys, through E.W. Bullinger and others are we gifted to see and share the greatest proof of the One Author of Scriptures!

You're familiar with these names if you spent time in Bullinger's Figures of Speech used in the Bible and looked up Parallelism and Correspondence. Another great resource for understanding and learning the structures is in Bullinger's How to Enjoy the Bible. All of these are online and free to read and study.

It was given by God to Thomas Boys to help Parallelism mature into Correspondence and covering subjects and subject matter, to which God then gave to Bullinger and really opened up the study and subject culminating in the Companion Bible. Bullinger passed before it was complete but he was working on some amazing things!

Like the Correspondence of the Hebrew Bible showing in Appendix 1, here's a link to it, Appendix One - Hebrew Canon Structure

Have you ever considered the order of the Hebrew Bible aka Tanakh as Bullinger represents it in Appendix One and compared it to our English OT Bible order?

Blessings,
Love Fountain

John 8:47

.....A - He that is of God
.........B - heareth God's words
.........B - ye therefore hear not
.....A - because ye are not of God

 

[Love Fountain]

Hello Chris,

Discernible structures seem to begin in the form of couplets, precept upon precept, line upon line, the nursery rhyme of mockery in Isaiah 28 by those who wouldn't listen, the rebellious who didn't seem to care, yet even they said, precept answers to precept, line answers to line and hence it is so.

Robert Lowth in his Parallelism pursuit noticed the line answering to line in the relations between the lines as either Synonymous, Antithetic or Synthetic, perhaps we can say in a layman way that the correspondence is either the same, opposite or built upon, whether the simplification oversimplifies we'll have to see.

Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 may be easily discernible to see a structure, pattern, or a design as follows as the opposites (antithetic) are brought forth:


A time to be born,
................and a time to die

A time to plant
................and a time to pluck up that which is planted

A time to kill
................and a time to heal

A time to break down
................and a time to build up

A time to weep
................and a time to laugh

A time to mourn
................and a time to dance

A time to cast away stones
................and a time to gather stones together

A time to embrace
................and a time to refrain from embracing

A time to get
................and a time to lose

A time to keep
................and a time to cast away

A time to rend
................and a time to sew

A time to keep silence
................and a time to speak

A time to love
................and a time to hate

A time of war
................and a time of peace.

Blessings,
Love Fountain

 

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Hello Chris,

The Companion Bible is the greatest study Bible on the planet, nothing compares to it! With the Massorah, the Structures, the appendixes and so much more and how Blessed are you to have one for yourself and to be searching the Scriptures and learning the lessons within it. While it is the text of the KJV, the text is arranged according to the subject structures in the side notes appearing on most pages of each chapter and at the beginning of each book as a whole.

From YHVH, through the Ancient Hebrews, through Abravanel, through Azariah de Rossi, through Robert Lowth, through John Jebb, through Thomas Boys, through E.W. Bullinger and others are we gifted to see and share the greatest proof of the One Author of Scriptures!

You're familiar with these names if you spent time in Bullinger's Figures of Speech used in the Bible and looked up Parallelism and Correspondence. Another great resource for understanding and learning the structures is in Bullinger's How to Enjoy the Bible. All of these are online and free to read and study.

It was given by God to Thomas Boys to help Parallelism mature into Correspondence and covering subjects and subject matter, to which God then gave to Bullinger and really opened up the study and subject culminating in the Companion Bible. Bullinger passed before it was complete but he was working on some amazing things!

Like the Correspondence of the Hebrew Bible showing in Appendix 1, here's a link to it, Appendix One - Hebrew Canon Structure

Have you ever considered the order of the Hebrew Bible aka Tanakh as Bullinger represents it in Appendix One and compared it to our English OT Bible order?

Blessings,
Love Fountain

John 8:47

.....A - He that is of God
.........B - heareth God's words
.........B - ye therefore hear not
.....A - because ye are not of God

Hello @Love Fountain,

Your entries are a breath of fresh morning air to me, and I am drinking in the peace they have brought to my being as I read along. To find oneness is such a joy. Thank God.

I have the books you have referred to in my possession, they are much thumbed, and I am so grateful for them. I echo your every word in regard to their value.

I hope this will be the beginning of an acquaintance born of mutual respect and delight in the Scriptures that these books seek to convey.

Within the love of Christ our Saviour,
our Lord and Head.
Chris

 

[Love Fountain]

Hi Chris,

Hope all is well!

It's really great to find someone interested in the structures and thought you might like the following showing all four Gospels and their whole book subject structure outlines on one page with colors matching their corresponding texts. Makes a cool wall paper on the monitor too.

It's amazing to think how God through His Spirit wrote these texts through a tax collector, a young boy, a doctor and a fisherman. No way these guys would all write like these subject structure outlines reveal. It's amazing too that God still allows their characters and personalities to come through as well, like doctor Luke for example, his gospel has all kinds of medical words and terminology, where as Mark being a young boy his gospel is the shortest and most direct, just like a youngster, direct and to the point telling it like it is. Anyway, thought you might enjoy this below.

God Bless,
Love Fountain