94 dakota V8, backfired once and shut down. Restart after pulling over ran good

Plugs looks good, kinda bronze color, clean and dry.

OK , so you can type! That's a start....now back to the compression thing.....IF you have fuel(checked pressure and injectors pulsing?) ...AND you have spark (at the plug) , then the only thing left is it's not breathing right..........check compression.post results!! BE SURE timing is on compression stroke. And just for my info , so I can understand better , HOW are you verifying the timing?