What is the New Testament, and why should one study it? The article states that the text of the Bible is not scripture itself and it should be studied with the purpose of finding the meaning of the text in its ancient context. I believe that it is important to focus on the historical analysis of a text when studying. Focusing on the historical analysis gives insight to the text itself and more specifically, what the text meant at the time it was written. That is why we should exegete the text. To exegete a text, one carefully and critically examine or interpret a text or a portion of a text, particularly the Bible. We should exegete the scripture because when we exegete the scripture, it enables us the ability to answer, “What did it mean?”