Comprehending Long Sentences in the KJV, without Relying on External Tools/Notes

[Guido]

When reading a piece of writing with sentences about 25 words long or less, people tend to have little trouble with comprehension. But when reading a piece of writing, with sentences that go on for many more words, having many subordinate elements, I start to have trouble understanding the text, unable to hold the content of the whole sentence in mind at once, and failing to keep in mind the developing context as I read through the sentence, so that, as I progress toward its end, my memory of the greater part of the preceding elements vanish.

My question is this: Without using modern translations, without using commentaries, and without relying on preaching, how do I comprehend a whole long sentence in the Bible, as one unit of interconnected thoughts? Also, are some of the long sentences in the Bible irreducible, or can they all be broken up into smaller sentences? How do you understand its long sentences? Do you break up the sentences? Do I have some disability when it comes to comprehension, unable to understand whole paragraphs of many short sentences, not having a good working memory?

Thank you for answering.​

 

[Ben1445]

When reading a piece of writing with sentences about 25 words long or less, people tend to have little trouble with comprehension. But when reading a piece of writing, with sentences that go on for many more words, having many subordinate elements, I start to have trouble understanding the text, unable to hold the content of the whole sentence in mind at once, and failing to keep in mind the developing context as I read through the sentence, so that, as I progress toward its end, my memory of the greater part of the preceding elements vanish.

My question is this: Without using modern translations, without using commentaries, and without relying on preaching, how do I comprehend a whole long sentence in the Bible, as one unit of interconnected thoughts? Also, are some of the long sentences in the Bible irreducible, or can they all be broken up into smaller sentences? How do you understand its long sentences? Do you break up the sentences? Do I have some disability when it comes to comprehension, unable to understand whole paragraphs of many short sentences, not having a good working memory?

Thank you for answering.​

I might get some hate mail for this but diagramming sentences helps with understanding relationships between words in a sentence.

 

[Guido]

I might get some hate mail for this but diagramming sentences helps with understanding relationships between words in a sentence.

Diagramming sentences might help. But I think my problem is that I don't have a large enough working memory.

 

[Ben1445]

Diagramming sentences might help. But I think my problem is that I don't have a large enough working memory.

The purpose of diagramming would be to help make the connections as you read. It would help with bridging the gaps as the materials arrive rather than waiting until they are all delivered and then trying to figure out how it goes together.
If the material can be processed as it is taken in, it helps with retention

 

[Armchair Apologist]

Have you ever read some of Jonathan Edwards's writings? I would say that the man was the master of run-on sentences!