Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Door
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.
Jesus explicitly identifies himself as the door/gate through whom the sheep enter and are saved.
Jesus explicitly identifies himself as the door/gate through whom the sheep enter and are saved.
Context control: This is a direct Johannine metaphor; doors elsewhere do not automatically refer to Christ.
Jesus explicitly identifies himself as the door/gate through whom the sheep enter and are saved.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: This is a direct Johannine metaphor; doors elsewhere do not automatically refer to Christ.
Residual uncertainty: Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: S2 high-certainty anchor loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S2 high-certainty anchor corpus, 2026-09-20
Door as literal portal/entrance; legacy “opening/entrance” is lexical function
Greek thura denotes a literal door, gate, or entrance and can be extended figuratively according to context.
Context control: Reclassify “opening/entrance” as lexical/functional meaning rather than an independent symbol.
The legacy “door = opening, entrance” wording is primarily lexical and functional: a door is a portal or entrance, not intrinsically a biblical symbol.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: John 10’s explicit Christ metaphor is preserved separately in frozen claim TSP-CLM-000113.
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
- BibleHub lexical summary — Greek thura: door / gate / entrance — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Open-door metaphor for ministry access/opportunity
Paul repeatedly uses open-door language for divinely afforded ministry opportunity or access for the gospel/message.
Context control: Retain the ministry-opportunity sense as a recurrent Pauline metaphor.
Open-door language is a strongly supported recurring Pauline metaphor for ministry access or opportunity.
Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic patternScope: This sense must not be merged with the distinct John 10 Christ-as-door metaphor or treated as the meaning of every door.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub lexical summary — Greek thura: door / gate / entrance — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Lexical mappings
These are cross-tier mappings only; lexical definitions remain owned by the site’s lexical resources.
- GREEK: θύρα thura — G2374
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