BIBLE RESEARCH CHAT / LLM INSTRUCTIONS WHAT THIS IS These are reusable instructions for an AI chat assistant, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. LLM means large language model, the type of AI behind many chat assistants. A prompt is the instructions or question you give the assistant. This prompt asks it to inspect sources, explain words and grammar, and separate a word's broader dictionary range from the meanings supported by a passage. The Bible research website provides Greek New Testament and Hebrew / Aramaic Old Testament word records, English readings of the Bible and Apocrypha, and all 108 chapters of 1 Enoch in the R. H. Charles 1917 translation. Apocrypha and 1 Enoch do not have aligned original-language word records in this website. Hebrew dictionary coverage is limited to source glosses and linked records, not full dictionary articles. The research response comes from the chat assistant where you paste the prompt. The website is not itself a chatbot and does not send your passage or notes to a chat automatically. HOW TO USE 1. Copy the text under Reusable prompt below, stopping before Follow-up requests. 2. Open a new conversation in your preferred AI chat and paste it into the message box. 3. Replace the passage placeholder with a reference such as John 1:1 or Matthew 18:20. 4. Add a word or question under Research focus if you wish, then send the message. 5. Continue in the same conversation with another passage or one of the follow-up requests at the end. You can edit the prompt after pasting it. For longer passages, work through a few verses at a time. Use a chat with source access when you want it to inspect text and dictionary links. Source access depends on the tools and settings in that chat. The instructions guide the assistant, but do not guarantee an accurate answer. Check its source links and ask which sources it actually inspected. If source access is unavailable, the prompt requires the assistant to say so. WHICH FIELDS TO CHANGE Passage: Replace the bracketed example with the reference you want to study. Research focus: Leave Whole passage, or name a word or question. Text tradition or edition: Keep the default for the appropriate source language, or name the edition shown on your passage. Lexicon scope: Keep the default to examine relevant meanings first, followed by the broader dictionary range. These instructions can also be saved in a chat tool's custom instructions, where that feature is available. WHAT THE WEBSITE BUTTONS DO Copy instructions copies only the reusable template, with the passage left for you to fill in. Download text file saves this complete guide, including the template, credits, and follow-up examples. Copy research prompt on the Study page includes the passage you have open, its displayed text, edition, source link, and any available selected-word details. Paste that prompt into your chat and add your question. Your notebook notes are not included in either copied prompt. TERMS YOU MAY SEE Interlinear: A layout with a reading aid or translation beneath each source-language word. Transliteration: Writing source-language words with Roman letters, such as λόγος as logos. It is a reading aid, not an English translation. Lemma: The dictionary form of a word. Gloss: A short English rendering used as a reading aid, rather than a complete definition. Lexicon: A dictionary that explains words, meanings, and examples of usage. Context: The surrounding sentence or passage that helps determine which meaning fits. A word's dictionary meanings do not all apply at once. IDEA AND INSPIRATION The idea for this tool came from Peter Duke’s demonstration in The Duke Report episode “Gold, Gigawatts, and God.” He used ChatGPT to study the Greek text of John 1:1 and Matthew 18:20. That demonstration inspired the word-by-word study approach and the focus on examining a word's range of meanings with the Liddell-Scott lexicon. Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA Watch the demonstration from 1:48:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA&t=6528s Video references from the supplied timestamped transcript. Descriptions are paraphrases. 1:49:22: Why he examines the Greek. Duke discusses how translation choices led him to examine Greek wording and word meanings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA&t=6562s 1:51:03: John 1:1, word by word. He begins an interlinear study of John 1:1 in ChatGPT and adds the Liddell-Scott lexicon to the request. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA&t=6663s 1:52:27: The complete research prompt. He reads his full John 1:1 prompt, asking for an interlinear translation and the different meanings or senses of each word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA&t=6747s 1:54:42: The Matthew 18:20 example. He applies the same method to Matthew 18:20 and examines its word meanings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz3AZxz7pA&t=6882s REUSABLE PROMPT Help me research the Bible through its source languages. My goal is to see the text, understand its words and grammar, and evaluate translation choices without assuming a religious doctrine. Use clear, simple language and explain technical terms when you first use them. Put each sentence on its own line. Use plain text without Markdown formatting or em dashes. Passage: [Enter a passage, such as John 1:1] Text tradition or edition: [New Testament: SBL Greek New Testament, or SBLGNT, if accessible. For other passages, choose a suitable accessible edition and identify it. Use a different edition if I name one.] Research focus: [Whole passage, unless I name a word or question] Lexicon scope: [Relevant senses first, followed by a broader sense map] TEXT AND SOURCES For the New Testament, use SBLGNT by default when you can verify its text. If SBLGNT is unavailable, name the accessible edition you will use and explain the substitution. For the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, work from Hebrew or Aramaic as appropriate. For books with a different or disputed textual history, identify the language and tradition you are analyzing. For 1 Enoch, distinguish the complete Ethiopic tradition from surviving Aramaic and Greek portions. Never invent missing source words or convert an English translation into a purported ancient original. Distinguish 1 Enoch, 2 Enoch, and 3 Enoch. They are different works. Identify a book’s place in the religious tradition being discussed. Do not treat every use of Apocrypha or Deuterocanon as the same collection. When comparing writings, separate direct quotation, shared language, a proposed allusion, and a thematic resemblance. A parallel alone does not establish dependence or a theological conclusion. If I request the Septuagint, identify it as a Greek textual tradition and name the edition. Do not describe all biblical books as originally Greek. Do not describe a modern edited text as the author's surviving original manuscript. State the edition, passage, source link, and whether you actually inspected that text. Keep the chosen edition consistent within the study. If you change editions, state what changed and why. Keep the verse numbering of the chosen edition and explain relevant numbering differences. For Greek, use the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, usually called LSJ, when you can inspect its entry. Identify whether you consulted full LSJ, an abridgment, or another lexicon. Use New Testament or Koine reference works as additional sources when available, and label them separately. For Hebrew or Aramaic, use an appropriate named lexicon, such as Brown-Driver-Briggs, when accessible. Do not apply LSJ as a Hebrew lexicon. For each checked lexical claim, provide the headword, source title, entry section when available, and a direct source URL. Distinguish sources you actually inspected from links offered for further reading. Never invent quotations, citations, page numbers, entry numbers, or source access. If a requested source is inaccessible, say which source you could not inspect. You may continue with clearly labeled preliminary analysis, but do not present general language knowledge as a verified dictionary entry. If you cannot verify the passage text, disclose that before proceeding and invite me to supply it. WORD-BY-WORD ANALYSIS Show the passage in its source language first. Then give a word-by-word analysis in the same order, retaining repeated words. For each word, show its position, exact written form, transliteration, lemma, grammar, and a brief contextual gloss. A lemma is the dictionary form of a word. A gloss is a short rendering, not a complete definition. Explain transliteration as a reading aid and use one consistent system. Include the grammatical details that affect meaning, such as case, number, gender, person, tense or aspect, voice, and mood. Explain alternatives if a form has more than one plausible analysis. For Hebrew or Aramaic, show attached prefixes and suffixes when they affect the translation, while preserving the full written word. Mark any English words supplied to make the sentence readable. LEXICAL SENSES AND CONTEXT For important or disputed words, separate three things: the lexicon's broader sense range, senses supported in this passage, and senses that fit poorly here. Explain the grammatical and contextual reasons for each judgment. Label senses that belong mainly to another period, genre, construction, or specialized use when the source supports that distinction. Do not treat every dictionary sense as equally likely in every occurrence. Do not combine all possible senses into one translation. Do not infer a word's meaning from its root or parts alone. If I ask for all senses, identify the exact lexicon and entry you inspected. Summarize the entry's major sense groups and label any omissions or access limits. Only call the coverage complete relative to a named entry you inspected in full. Never promise every meaning across the entire history of a language. Keep a broader sense map separate from the passage translation. TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION Give a close rendering that makes the source-language structure visible. Then give a readable English rendering and explain the main choices. When a construction permits more than one serious reading, present the alternatives and the evidence for each. Distinguish a possible reading from a probable reading. Explain what remains uncertain. Do not assume a theological conclusion or use a denomination's teaching as linguistic proof. Language analysis still involves interpretation, so make your choices visible. Separate observations about the text from historical interpretation and theological interpretation. Include theological discussion only when I ask for it or when it is necessary to explain a disputed translation choice. In that case, identify it clearly and represent relevant positions fairly. TEXTUAL DIFFERENCES AND VERIFICATION Mention a textual variant when it materially affects the words, grammar, or interpretation under discussion. State which reading appears in the chosen edition and cite an accessible source for the difference. Do not invent manuscript evidence or imply that you checked a critical apparatus you could not access. If the available sources do not resolve a question, say what remains unverified. Finish with the main translation choices, any meaningful uncertainty, and the sources actually consulted. Keep the first response focused on the requested passage. Offer additional detail through follow-up requests instead of overwhelming the word-by-word analysis. FOLLOW-UP REQUESTS Study Matthew 18:20 using the same method and source edition where applicable. Focus on logos in John 1:1. Separate the broader LSJ sense range from the senses supported by this sentence. Show the full sense map for [lemma] from the named lexicon entry. Tell me whether you inspected the entire entry and label any gaps. Explain the grammar of [word or clause] in plain language. Compare the translation choices in [two named translations] with the source text. Cite the wording you inspected and explain the differences without assuming either translation is wrong. Check whether any textual variants affect this passage. Keep verified evidence separate from anything you cannot check. Show only the checked findings and source links for this study. Explain the passage in simpler language while keeping the same evidence and uncertainty. RESEARCH CONNECTIONS The website's Connections page contains primary-passage comparisons and attributed studies of Good Fight Ministries and Bill Cooper's broadcasts and writings. Official video channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodfightministries Use an individual video link and its transcript for detailed analysis. A channel link alone does not establish what every video says. Hour of the Time archive: https://hourofthetime.com/ Bill Cooper studies identify Mystery Babylon and other broadcasts, the 1997-copyright MAJESTYTWELVE document, and focused Behold a Pale Horse pages. Archive dates, transcript quality, and actual review coverage are recorded on each card. Each study links the source, describes what was reviewed, and separates the author's claims from the evidence and questions that remain. Separate Bill Cooper's own beliefs from beliefs he attributes to mystery schools and secret societies. Do not assume his description proves that every named group shares a doctrine. Use the Source filter to view Bill Cooper, Good Fight, or primary-text comparisons. Open the Milton William Cooper biography and research directory for the book’s autobiographical Foreword, Behold a Messenger’s account, the Cua Viet memoir, the 1984 Veritas documentary, and grouped archive links. Use Bill Cooper or William Cooper when naming the author. Milton William Cooper is his full name. Keep archive biographies and self-reported career details attributed to their sources. A listing or repeated biography is not independent verification. Verse links distinguish passages cited by the source from comparisons added by this tool. Read the surrounding passage before applying it to a character or story. Old and New Testament references can open inside the website. Original-language word study is available where the selected edition supplies language records. Use Copy discussion prompt on a connection to take its source, claim, and verse references into your chat assistant. The website does not generate or send the discussion automatically. Ask the assistant to check the primary material when available, compare the biblical context, and explain the steps between a resemblance and a claimed influence. A symbolic parallel is not by itself proof of a creator's intention or of a supernatural cause. State when a video was studied through captions rather than full audiovisual viewing. Do not infer a creator's spiritual condition or a cause of illness or death from anecdotes. MYSTERY BABYLON STUDY PAGE The Mystery Babylon tab opens #research/mystery-babylon. Start with Revelation 17 and 18, then compare William Cooper’s interpretation and the focused transcript studies. Its searchable episode guide preserves the first catalog listing for series numbers 1 through 41 and can sort by broadcast date. Overall HOTT tape numbers differ from Mystery Babylon series numbers. Archive collections and reruns may use other numbering. Catalog metadata is not a transcript or verified summary. Do not infer that all recordings or claims have been reviewed. BILL COOPER RECORDING SELECTION For Hour of the Time episodes, prefer complete local or direct MP3 recordings. If no complete MP3 is available, look for full recordings on SoundCloud or Rumble. Avoid new YouTube episode links, while retaining existing YouTube references. YouTube can still be used for other Bill Cooper videos, presentations, and documentaries. Check title, tape number, original date, duration, opening, closing, music, and known edits. Compare copies when possible. Record the evidence for completeness rather than assuming a longer upload is complete. If not checked, say completeness is unconfirmed. Keep original broadcast dates separate from upload dates.