Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
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Claim-level biblical evidence review with contextual controls, canonical relationships, and preserved interpretive history.
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Evidence grades apply to individual claims, not to the headword as a whole. Strong biblical identification is kept separate from plausible or traditional interpretations, and unsupported proposals remain visible as negative evidence rather than being silently removed.
Fourteenth day as Passover date
The Torah explicitly appoints the fourteenth day of the first month as the Passover date.
Context control: This is instituted calendar chronology, not a universal symbolic meaning of fourteen.
Scripture explicitly connects the fourteenth day with Passover observance, supporting a real Passover association as calendar chronology rather than number symbolism.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: This is instituted calendar chronology, not a universal symbolic meaning of fourteen.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
Matthew genealogy structured by fourteen
Matthew explicitly summarizes Jesus’ genealogy as three groups of fourteen generations.
Context control: Matthew states the structure but does not provide an inspired symbolic definition of the number fourteen.
Matthew explicitly structures the genealogy into three groups of fourteen generations, establishing a deliberate literary use of fourteen without defining fourteen as a universal symbol.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Matthew states the structure but does not provide an inspired symbolic definition of the number fourteen.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
Testing arithmetic 10 + 4 = 14 is unsupported
Scripture never signals 10 + 4 as the interpretive basis for fourteen or assigns fourteen a fixed testing meaning.
Context control: Passover chronology and Matthew’s genealogy do not authorize the proposed arithmetic code.
The legacy claim “14 = testing because 10 + 4 = 14” lacks sufficient biblical evidence; Scripture neither signals that arithmetic nor assigns fourteen a fixed testing meaning.
Grade 7: Insufficient biblical evidenceScope: Passover chronology and Matthew’s genealogy do not authorize the proposed arithmetic code.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
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