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Exact Speech and Writing


               Whatever is written in the Word, including if it is recorded speech, is exactly what
               was written or spoken without addition, deletion or paraphrase (2 Tim 3:16, 2 Pet
               1:21, Rev 22:18-19).  So, as with the above example, the denials of Peter are
               different, discrete statements with their own beginning, middle and ends. One
               denial has not been spliced up and recorded as two or three different statements or
               summarised as a shorter statement in one place and recorded in full later if the
               words are different (Rev 22:18-19). Whatever is in the Word is full and complete
               and is as originally given in ‘real-time’ (2 Tim 3:16, 2 Pet 1:21, Rev 22:18-19).
               This applies only to what is actually in the Word, so a statement or written passage
               in the Word may be selected from a larger statement or written passage that is not
               recorded but once in the Word it is complete (John 21:25).  The Word absolutely
               does not, ever, paraphrase Itself, make deletions or additions (Psalm 12:6-7,
               119:139-140, Rev 22:18-19), unlike the Enemy who does (Gen 3:3-4, 'lest').


               The 'quotations' of John 12:13 referring to Psalms 118:26 and John 12:15 referring
               to Zechariah 9:9 are also inexact.  John 12:38 (‘hath’) is different in tense to Isaiah
               53:1 (‘is’).  The ‘quotation’ of Psalms 41:9 in John 13:18 is inexact, referring to
               the part about eating together, and the Psalm illustrates identity transfer as David
               switches into talking as Jesus. We know that the Psalm is referring to the gospel
               incident and not to David's experience as the Word tells us by saying; 'that the
               scripture may be fulfilled' (John 13:18).


               Other examples include: John 19:28 is an inexact ‘quote’ referring to Psalms 69:21
               when Jesus thirsts, thus involving transference with David. John 19:24 is not an
               exact rendition of Psalms 22:18 referring to the casting of lots for the robe of
               Jesus.  Interestingly the Psalmist ‘quotation’ is in the present tense showing
               transference as David speaks as Jesus.  The fact that as our Passover lamb the
               bones of Jesus were not broken is described in John 19:36 referring to Exodus
               12:46, Num 9:12, and Psalms 34:20. Again these are not exactly identical word-
               for-word.  Another inexact word-for-word ‘quote’ is the looking on at Jesus when
               he is pierced as described in John 19:37 referring to Zechariah 12:10.  In this
               instance it says in John 19:37 ‘again another scripture saith’.  What is written in
               Zechariah is not the same word-for-word and since the Word is a word-for-word
               book (Rev 22:18-19) this means that John 19:37 is quoting itself referring to the
               eternally spiritually spoken and written word of God (Mat 4:4, Rev 19:15). In
               summary the default is this; wherever a ‘quote’ is ‘inexact’ then the Word is
               quoting itself, exactly, from the eternal spoken and written Word (Mat 4:4, Rev
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