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  "slug": "pasture",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/pasture/",
  "canonical_name": "Pasture",
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    "METAPHOR",
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    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "not_always": "Pasture signifies provision within shepherd imagery; it is not itself the shepherd or an invariant code for Christ.",
      "scope_note": "Pasture signifies provision within shepherd imagery; it is not itself the shepherd or an invariant code for Christ.",
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          "scope_limitation": "Pasture signifies provision within shepherd imagery; it is not itself the shepherd or an invariant code for Christ.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SOTERIOLOGY"
          ],
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001287",
              "osis_start": "Ps.23.2",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000292",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub/BibleGateway reference",
              "title": "John 10:9 Greek nome and shepherd discourse",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000886",
      "label": "Rejected pasture-equals-Christ-the-Shepherd identity",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy wording conflates two distinct elements of the shepherd image: Scripture explicitly identifies Christ as the good Shepherd, while pasture is the feeding/provision environment; pasture itself is not identified as Christ.",
      "not_always": "Retain Christ-as-Shepherd and pasture-as-provision as related but distinct elements of the discourse.",
      "scope_note": "Retain Christ-as-Shepherd and pasture-as-provision as related but distinct elements of the discourse.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000886",
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            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CATEGORY_ERROR",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain Christ-as-Shepherd and pasture-as-provision as related but distinct elements of the discourse.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001288",
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000245",
              "osis_start": "John.10.11",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "John 10:11",
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            }
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            },
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000292",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub/BibleGateway reference",
              "title": "John 10:9 Greek nome and shepherd discourse",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000219",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "νομή",
      "transliteration": "nomē",
      "strongs_id": "G3542",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": [
    {
      "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-033",
      "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_CONTRADICTED",
      "adjudication_outcome": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
      "decision_statement": "No positive fixed-symbol/type relationship is authorized for this overlap: The legacy wording conflates two distinct elements of the shepherd image: Scripture explicitly identifies Christ as the good Shepherd, while pasture is the feeding/provision environment; pasture itself is not identified as Christ."
    }
  ]
}