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Carson", "title": "The Bread of Life: John 6", "publication_data": "The Gospel Coalition", "locator": "https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/sermon/the-bread-of-life-john-6/", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT", "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/sermon/the-bread-of-life-john-6/" } ] }, { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000038", "author_editor": null, "title": "Exegetical Commentary on John 6", "publication_data": "Bible.org", "locator": "https://new.bible.org/seriespage/9-exegetical-commentary-john-6", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://new.bible.org/seriespage/9-exegetical-commentary-john-6" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000048", "label": "Golden urn and Word-by-Spirit proposal", "classification": "SYMBOL", "definition": "Hebrews 9:4 mentions the golden urn holding manna, but Scripture does not interpret the urn or preserved manna as the Word by the Spirit.", "not_always": "The physical object cannot be given a theological referent solely by resemblance or devotional tradition.", "scope_note": "Retain the legacy proposal as insufficiently evidenced unless stronger canonical evidence appears.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000048", "statement": "The legacy proposal that the golden pot of manna symbolizes the Word by the Spirit has insufficient biblical evidence.", "asserted_classifications": [ "SYMBOL" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "scope_limitation": "Hebrews 9:4 establishes the golden urn and manna historically but gives no inspired interpretation equating them with the Word by the Spirit.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The preserved manna may be discussed historically as memorial provision, but that does not establish the proposed Word-by-Spirit symbolism.", "residual_uncertainty": "Traditional typological works may propose richer meanings; none can substitute for canonical evidence.", "theological_intersections": [ "PNEUMATOLOGY", "CHRISTOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000095", "osis_start": "Heb.9.4", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Hebrews 9:4", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000034", "author_editor": null, "title": "Legacy Symbols & Types list supplied for TSP project", "publication_data": "User-supplied legacy corpus", "locator": null, "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "INTERPRETIVE_HISTORY" ], "locator_targets": [] }, { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000033", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with ESV/NET comparison", "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 5", "locator": null, "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [ { "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000041", "language": "HEBREW", "lemma_unicode": "מָן", "transliteration": "man", "strongs_id": "H4478", "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY", "semantic_domain_ids": [] }, { "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000042", "language": "GREEK", "lemma_unicode": "μάννα", "transliteration": "manna", "strongs_id": "G3131", "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY", "semantic_domain_ids": [] } ], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [] }