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https://www.esv.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" }, { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.esv.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000343", "label": "Christ as candlestick/lampstand", "classification": "SYMBOL", "definition": "The legacy entry includes Christ among the referents of candlestick/lampstand.", "not_always": "Revelation 1 distinguishes Christ from the lampstands: he is among them, while the lampstands are churches.", "scope_note": "Revelation 1 distinguishes Christ from the lampstands: he is among them, while the lampstands are churches.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000343", "statement": "Scripture explicitly identifies Revelation lampstands with churches, but does not identify Christ himself as the lampstand; Christ instead stands among the lampstands.", "asserted_classifications": [ "SYMBOL" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "scope_limitation": "Revelation 1 distinguishes Christ from the lampstands: he is among them, while the lampstands are churches.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The church-as-lampstand identification from the frozen S2 anchor is the controlling symbolic sense.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "CHRISTOLOGY", "ECCLESIOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000566", "osis_start": "Rev.1.12", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Revelation 1:12-20", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000124", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 9 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/; https://www.esv.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" }, { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.esv.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [ { "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-015", "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_CONTRADICTED", "adjudication_outcome": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "decision_statement": "No positive fixed-symbol/type relationship is authorized for this overlap: Scripture explicitly identifies Revelation lampstands with churches, but does not identify Christ himself as the lampstand; Christ instead stands among the lampstands." } ] }