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  "canonical_name": "Linen (Fine)",
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    "COLORS_MATERIALS_STONES"
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      "definition": "Revelation 19:8 explicitly interprets the bride's bright, clean fine linen as the righteous deeds of the saints.",
      "not_always": "The explicit interpretation applies to the bride's linen in Revelation 19:8; fine linen elsewhere has cultic, royal, commercial, and ordinary uses.",
      "scope_note": "The explicit interpretation applies to the bride's linen in Revelation 19:8; fine linen elsewhere has cultic, royal, commercial, and ordinary uses.",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000764",
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      "scope_note": "Revelation 19:8 is an explicit local apocalyptic interpretation; other linen passages must be interpreted according to their own cultic, ordinary, royal, or commercial contexts.",
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          "statement": "Exodus and Leviticus prescribe literal linen priestly garments, while Revelation 18 lists fine linen among luxury merchandise; these ordinary/cultic uses prevent universalizing Revelation 19:8’s explicit “righteous deeds” interpretation to every linen occurrence.",
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          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001159",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000238",
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              "title": "Greek byssinos (fine linen)",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000765",
      "label": "Revelation 19 righteous-deeds interpretation does not equal meritorious self-righteousness",
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      "definition": "The bride’s fine linen is explicitly interpreted as the righteous deeds of the saints; the text presents the garment as granted to her, so the symbol should not be recast as autonomous meritorious self-righteousness.",
      "not_always": "This explicit interpretation belongs to the bride’s linen in Revelation 19; it does not establish a universal linen-code across Scripture.",
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        {
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000238",
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              "title": "Greek byssinos (fine linen)",
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      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "βύσσινον",
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      "title": "Fine linen — righteous deeds of the saints",
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