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In  testing for Theomatic design in the subject of Son in the Epistles of John, specifically to Jesus being the Son of God, using a maximum phrase length of 4 words and a cluster radius of 2, we use the Robinson-Pierpont Majority Text (MT) of the New Testament. The author claims that factor 150 in this context represents one of the most outstanding examples of Theomatics, a great deal of attention being given it in the literature references, especially T&SM. He states: "The examples appearing in the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, in reference to Jesus being the Son of God, are among the most clear cut examples in the Bible." (p.4-35)

With the text taken exactly as it is written, there are 523 phrases of 4-words or less possible ( here) according to our proposed phrase construction rules.

The summary table below reports author's proposed theomatic factor results, followed by the top 10 factors in order of the statistical significance of the joint-probability of the hits and clustering. F is the factor, followed by its hits (H),  the expected number of hits (M) and the p-value pertaining to the hits (P). The next three columns show the clustering by percentage, followed by the Chi Square p-value pertaining to the clustering (CS). J is the joing probability (PxCS), which gives an indication of general significance in the same manner that the author does (T&SM Ch 9), and its associated odds 1 in N. The last column, O, gives the average number of  Theomatic tests needed before seeing results comparable to this factor. Differences between the author's results and the following results are primarily due to phrase construction methods and differences between the Greek texts: Nestle's 21st edition which the author used vs the MT which we used and which he says he now prefers to use in testing (Lk15, p. 11). The actual hits obtained by each factor are shown here.

 

F

H

M

PH

0%

1%

2%

CS

J

N

O

0

150

20

17.43

0.29749

20

55

25

0.32465

0.09658

10

1

1

212

8

12.33

0.92653

75

25

0

0.00038

0.00035

2840

1.79

2

817

6

3.2

0.10486

67

0

33

0.01111

0.00117

858

1.15

3

500

10

5.23

0.04014

10

80

10

0.03422

0.00137

728

1.11

4

250

17

10.46

0.03691

18

65

18

0.09232

0.00341

293

1.02

5

185

25

14.14

0.00501

24

44

32

0.70469

0.00353

283

1.02

6

506

10

5.17

0.03755

20

10

70

0.1054

0.00396

253

1.01

7

833

9

3.14

0.00492

22

33

44

0.91989

0.00453

221

1.01

8

665

7

3.93

0.10296

57

29

14

0.04473

0.00461

217

1.01

9

1048

4

2.5

0.24115

75

25

0

0.0195

0.0047

213

1.01

10

253

17

10.34

0.03362

29

18

53

0.16629

0.00559

179

1

Theomatics produced 20 hits related to the factor 150 in this context, one less than it did in the author's test (p. 6-32), in the 24 references to Son in the epistles of John. The actual hits obtained here are also different than in his results due to small variations in the spellings of some words between the two Greek texts. In either case, when considering the number of hits, the result is marginally above the expected number of hits (17.4) for any random factor (not even the MOS) if Theomatics were random. Clustering is also insignificant. Among 1000 factors 150 ranks 226th based on the joint probability. The second factor mentioned by the author in this context, 250, ranks 4th in general significance. Neither factor shows any unusual statistical properties in any category. Results from 3-word and 2-word phrases are similarly insignificant.

In the present context of the author's published ground rules for establishing statistical significance in Theomatics, there are no factors that evidence any general significance in this context. We therefore conclude that there is no Theomatic structure in references to Jesus being the Son of God in the Epistles of John.
 

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