Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Sieve
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 compares Satan's intended testing of the disciples to sifting wheat.
Jesus explicitly compares Satan's intended testing of the disciples to sifting wheat.
Context control: The sifting image describes severe testing in this passage; sieve imagery elsewhere requires its own context.
Jesus explicitly compares Satan's intended testing of the disciples to sifting wheat.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: The sifting image describes severe testing in this passage; sieve imagery elsewhere requires its own context.
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
Sieve imagery for divine shaking and discriminating judgment
Amos uses sieve imagery for divine shaking of Israel among the nations while preserving what God determines not to lose.
Context control: Sieve/sifting imagery can express severe testing, judgment, and discrimination according to context; the precise referents must not be imported from one passage into another.
Amos 9:9 uses sieve imagery for the LORD’s shaking of Israel among the nations with discriminating preservation, while the frozen Luke 22:31 claim already establishes sifting as severe testing; together these support bounded sifting/separation imagery without creating a universal “sieve = chaff versus wheat” code.
Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic patternScope: Sieve/sifting imagery can express severe testing, judgment, and discrimination according to context; the precise referents must not be imported from one passage into another.
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
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