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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