Historic
then become and Investigator (Who, What, Where, When, Why),
and finally work on application.  Remember these methods:
| The King James Bible (KJV) | New Manners and Customs of Bible Times (Ralph Gower) | Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words | 
| Life Application Study Bible  (NLT) | ||
| The Message Bible (Eugene Petterson) | The Bible Knowledge Commentary New and Old Testament (John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck) | The Amplified Bible (AMP) | 
CHICAGO
C-ontext
H-istory
I-ntent
C-ulture
A-nalysis
G-rammar
O-bservation
FOTO
F-ocus
O-n
T-he
O-bvious