 Okay. Okay. Yeah. So today's date is 13. So it's 13, the good number, 13, a good number or bad number. For some, it's not good. For some, it's not, yeah, it's not bad. So, I just wanted to just mention, you know, this whole thing of superstition, right? So this whole thing of 13 being an unlucky number is very prevalent, right? Like if you go to hotels, they don't have a 13th floor. They don't number it as 13, right? Or the room numbers also, they avoid 13 because they think it's a, you know, it's a number that does not bring good things. It's unlucky, right? So there are superstitions. So, in fact, apparently there is a phobia, which means a fear of number 13. There are people who avoid that. Okay. So maybe we don't have, you know, fear of number 13 or, you know, we don't consider 13 as unlucky. But I just want to ask is what, what is it that we have superstitions about, right? We could have cultural superstitions. We could have, you know, even within, you know, as a believer, we could have superstitions, right? We could have, you know, it need not be like, okay, black cat crossed the road. I'm not, so, you know, I'm not going to go there. But then we might have religious superstitions, you know, as believers, we might think that, okay, you know, I, you know, I'm sure that, you know that reading the Bible is good. Okay. In fact, we're going to look at that. How to study the word. But the fact is that when we don't read and we allow some kind of fear to creep in. Okay. So, so get it right. Okay. What I'm saying, what I'm saying is not that you should not revere the word or not honor God or not walk in faith, not saying that. But when we, let's say you miss reading the word and then we think something bad will happen today. Subconsciously, it's there. Okay. So I just wanted us to want to address that, you know, like, even as believers, we might have superstitions. Even as believers, we might have superstitions which lead to fear. Like, if you, if you look at one John chapter four, I think one John chapter four, verse 18, okay, talks about fear says there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment. Okay. And he who fears has not been made perfect in love. So he's talking about, if you read it in context, it's talking about judgment, having boldness in the day of judgment, not having, not being fearful, what will happen because his love casts out all fear. Okay. So the thing is this, that fear causes torment. Fear brings us to a place of being trapped. Fear does not liberate us. Right. Here always holds us, but we hold back because of fear. And we're talking about, you know, something like a paranoia, an unhealthy fear. So it does that. Superstition leads to fear. Fear keeps us from doing what we need to do. But the Bible very clearly states in John chapter 16 and verse 13 that the role of the Holy Spirit, the work of the Holy Spirit is to lead us into all truth. Right. John chapter 16. And let's, yeah. When he, the spirit of truth, he's called the spirit of truth. John 16 verse 13. When he, the spirit of truth has come, he will guide you into all truth. Okay. That's the work. That's the ministry of the Holy Spirit. So when we, when we are guided into truth, truth sets us free, liberates us, liberates us from wrong thinking, liberates us from fear, which is as a result of lies or as a result of superstition, whatever it is. You know, the work of the Holy Spirit is to lead us into truth. Truth does not, you know, we sometimes think truth actually, you know, it's very restricting. I'm restricted by truth. You know, I'm not able to live the way I want to live because of truth, but the, actually the opposite is true. Truth actually liberates us. What we think as all freedom, freedom to do everything, freedom to, you know, freedom to, you know, that actually holds us back. That actually limits us from living the life that God wants us to live. Okay. So truth actually liberates us, expands our horizon, leads us into all that God wants us because the Holy Spirit, where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Right. The Holy Spirit leads us into the freedom that he has for us. Right. So, so let's just pray and say, Lord, whatever is, you know, whatever, whatever fear that I might be having, whatever wrong belief or whatever superstition that I might be, you know, having, Lord, deliver me from it. Guide me into all truth. Right. Father God, we come before you because you are the spirit of truth. And Lord, we thank you in your presence. There is fullness of joy. Lord, where you are, there is freedom, Lord. Father God, we thank you that you came to give us freedom. You came to give us life. And Lord, we thank you, Holy Spirit, that you lead us progressively into your truth and into Lord, even more freedom, Lord, free to do the things that you called us to do, free to be all that you called us to be, Lord. And Lord, we just ask for each one of us that you'll give us that freedom in the spirit today, that we will know, Lord, beyond any doubt God, that truth sets us free, sets us free from fear, sets us free from all kinds of wrong belief and deception. And superstition, God, I pray that if there is anything like that, Lord, let it be dismantled, God, and enable us to be set free today. God, we thank you in Jesus' matchless name. We pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So today we are going to look at, you know, studying the word because we've been looking at preaching. We've been looking at the person qualifications, etc. And yesterday, we, you know, we looked at yet another interesting topic and how you need to minister the word of God, like the content has to be the word of God, our reference point has to be the word of God. Okay. So today we will look at how we can study the word of God. Okay. What are the different ways by which we can study the word of God? Yeah. I just wanted to share the screen. Just give me a minute. Okay. Okay. So studying God's word, there are five, basically five broad categories or different ways by which we can study the word of God. Okay. So I just want to ask us, you know, like, how do you study the word of God? Is there any particular way in which you read the Bible, study the Bible, book by book? No, how do you personally, what is it that you personally use in order to study? Okay. Other translations offer passage verse book. What is it? Okay. Right. Okay. Comparative translations. Okay. Hmm. Talking about that certain topic. Okay. And then find some resources, listen to some teachings regarding the word of God. Right. Okay. Okay. So let's look at, you know, some of the common ways by which we can study. We can employ all of these or some of these. Okay. And each one has its own strength or merits. So the first one that we can look at is the word study. Okay. So by definition, it means that you take a word in the Bible and what that word means right through scripture. Okay. Because the, what we find this cause we use our language, right? English or whatever language we might use translations to study the Bible. But, and it's good to know what is it in the original language, right? What it means in the original language. Like for example, the word love. Okay. The word love is in the English Bible, it's translated as love. I don't know how is it in, in the throughout, that's how it's mentioned. Context. Okay. But, you know, we know that it has four, at least four Greek words, right? Which describe love. You know, what are those Agape, God kind of love? Heroes, physical. It's Phileo, right? Which is Phileo. And then fourth one, Storge. S-T-E-O-R-G, right? Storge. So we have at least these four kinds of Greek words, which are translated as love. Okay. So God so loved the world, right? It is not Phileo. It is obviously it's Agape, right? So when we do a word study, so when we look into the original language, it actually enhances our understanding of it, okay? So to do a word study, it means that you take that particular word and look into, you know, wherever the word occurs in the Bible, right? So, of course, now we have a lot of tools to help us. You just do a Google and say, okay, where does it come? And all the verses are, you know, are there. So we can do that. We can also use words, you know, tools like Esode, right? On your phones, you can have on your laptops, you can do Esode. So all this. So basically it is a study of the word and we understand what it means throughout, right? A study of the word in the original language, it really enriches our understanding of it. For example, if you look at Psalm 23, the last verse says, Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. If the Psalm ends like that. And that word follow, you know, when you look at the Hebrew, I forget what the Hebrew word is, but it has the understanding of a lion or an animal. Going after its prey. Pursuing, right? A lion, let's say a lion going after a, after its meal, after a deer. It just chaves. It pursues, like hunts it down. So that's the understanding of that word. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me. Now, when you read it in English or in our own languages, we see it okay. It says mercy is follow me. It can keep following me close. It can be there somewhere. But, you know, we declared it. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me. But when we have this understanding, the Psalm is saying goodness and mercy is not letting go of me, right? Because the Lord is my shepherd. I'm following the shepherd. He leads me. He makes me lie down. You know, he protects the nurtures. He lays a table, you know, in the front of my enemies. Value of shadow of death. I will not fear anything. His rod, you know, staff, they comfort me. And in the light of all that, he's saying that surely goodness and mercy will just pursue me. Just hunting me down because I'm following the shepherd. Okay. So every time we use that, we sing that, you know, your goodness is coming after, you know, that song. You know, your goodness is coming after. It's like that. It's scary to see a, you know, lion chase, you know, if it's chasing you, it is scary. But it's pursuing the goodness of God pursuing talks about the heart of God, right? So it really enriches our understanding when we do a study of the word, when we do a word study. Okay. I am using a Bible called the Spiritful Life Bible that has a word study. You know, that's also very nice. I think that's a good, that's how I started getting interested in, you know, the Hebrew and the Greek words. It's called the Spiritful Life Bible and it has, you know, all these small, small, wherever the words are, it will give a meaning of it, understanding of it, etc. Right? So, for example, the word, you know, cast your cares upon the Lord, for he cares for you. So that has the picture of a camel. Okay. The camel, a heavy camel, you know, carrying a heavy load. It can carry. But after the journey, the one who is the trainer of the camel or the one who rides the camel, like he gives a command. Okay. He gives a command and in the Hebrew word is Galal, he gives a command. So the camel actually kneels down and just tilts to one side in order to roll over all that weight that it's been carrying onto the ground or whatever. So that it can be unloaded. So that's the picture that we have of casting our cares upon Jesus because he cares for us. Right? So when we have that, say, you know, Lord, I cast my cares on you. It's not like, you know, the Lord is saying, okay, just unburden yourself, just roll out all those worries, all those cares, all those weights. Just roll it off your back totally. Right? So we have that picture. So word study really helps us, enhances our understanding of it, enriches and really gives us an insight into the heart of God. Right? Okay. What's the next one? The next one would be a topical study. Okay. Now, similar to a word study, it is a topic like you said, it's a topic. So you take a topic, a theme and look at, you know, throughout the Bible. Okay. A topic can be like, for example, forgiveness. Okay. A topic like forgiveness. So, you know, the entire Bible, what does it speak about forgiveness? Right? About forgiving, forgiveness from God, forgiveness, you know, about forgiving other human beings. You know, what does it talk about forgiveness? So it's a topic and it's throughout scripture. Okay. So the thing is that, you know, we can look at scripture, we can categorize. Okay. Old Testament, we see this, New Testament, we see this epistles, so we can actually categorize. You know, we see this in the Psalms, we see this in the prophetic scripture, we see this. So we can actually categorize this and then explore the differences, etc. So it can be on various things. I think systematic theology deals with that. It's actually a topical study. You deal with different themes. You're doing systematic, or you finish systematic there already. Yeah. So it's about different themes, right? Salvation, resurrection, Holy Spirit, all that. So it's a systematic theology is about the entire Bible. What does the entire Bible speak about that? So it gives us a very wholesome picture. Okay. I'm not just holding on to one thread and saying, hey, this is the entire fabric. Now I'm considering the Old Testament, the New Testament. I know, okay, in the Old Dispensation before the cross, this is how it was. In the New Dispensation, this is how it is. So it's a very, again, it's a very important and very valuable way of studying the word. And one valuable tool is a concordance. Okay. So a concordance. A concordance is, I think even in your Bibles, if you turn to the last page, there is some, many concordance, right? Like it gives a word and where that those words are. So it's a word concordance. Some concordances have the theme, right? So the theme itself. Okay. So where these scriptures are, you know, does your Bible have a concordance? Okay. So mine does, you know, for example, it says, fables, okay, the word fables. Don't give heat to fables. Or, you know, we did not follow cunningly devised fables. Right. So that fables, it gives two scriptures. 1 Timothy 1 verse 4 and 2 Timothy 1 verse 16. Okay. Similarly, so here I think only old and new. Okay. And the face, you know, I've seen the face of God, Genesis 32 30 and so on. So we can use concordance quite effectively, right? To study. And see, you know, we want to study something on baptism, right? It is, it is there and so on. Right. So concordance is a valuable resource. We can use it. Okay. So topical study. Okay. So it's a, it's a topic. It's a theme. And it's, it's quite valuable to get to know the full picture of a particular theme. Right. Okay. The third one is what we would call a character study. Okay. So character study, meaning it's a biography of the person. Right. So taking a character, studying about the character. And this is also very, very valuable, you know, how, in what circumstances did they come into the picture? Right. What were the hardships they faced? How do they relate to God? How do they relate to other people? What are some strengths that they had? What are some deep character flaws that they had? How can, can I relate to that person? You know, can I identify with that person? Do I have certain things that they had? Right. So good things, bad things, everything is mentioned, right, in the Bible. The Bible does not hold back. Okay. Like for example, when we see about the lives of certain people, we are shocked. Right. We read about it and wow, what is this? I'm not like that. That's your, you know, we are sometimes disgusted, but that's the Bible. The Bible describes, it's not that it's prescribing that behavior. What is the difference? It's not endorsing that behavior. It's not prescribing that you also go do it. No. But it's, it's describing. It's very descriptive. So certain sections of the Bible are very descriptive in nature. That doesn't mean it doesn't mean it is prescribing, you know, or endorsing, you know, that condoning that behavior. Right. So we see that. Now, when we do a character study, we need to understand that one thing that we need to understand is, or keep in mind is what dispensation where they're living. Okay. Meaning, you know, was it before the cross or was it after the cross? It's a very important thing because not everything, the way they related to God, you know, certain things, yes. You know, God spoke, God did, God led them, guided them, fine. But the way the Holy Spirit ministered then and now is different. Right. We have the abiding, indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. So we need to keep that in mind. So not everything can be transferable to our lives. We need to understand that. Well, you know, it's good. You study it and then you say, okay, wow, and I learned these things, what to do, what not to do about their lives. It's good for that. But then when it comes to applying to, you know, our daily lives, we need to understand that, hey, the way God dealt to them, the way God ministered to them, the way God led them is different from how I can be. Like it says, okay, this particular king, he went to seek the prophet, he wanted directions, etc. Now we have the Spirit of God living in us. Well, the prophet can definitely confirm what God has already, you know, speaking to us, what God has already, you know, been leading us into. So that's something that we need to bear in mind. Okay, so character traits, the timelines, what lessons that we can learn, etc. Okay, then we come to the fourth one, which is the book study. Okay, so book study, you take a book and we go verse by verse, just like how we what we're doing in church. These Sundays we're doing study on Thessalonians, right? So we learned, you know, the background, the context, what led to it, who says what and who's writing it and under what circumstances and all that. So if you see a book study would involve all the other three, right? It'll have a word study. You ask because there are certain words that you need to. Yeah, it'll have a topical study because there are certain themes. Like, for example, I'm just thinking about 1 Corinthians 12, 13 and 14. Regarding spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant. Then Paul starts. So it's a theme, those three chapters. Till the end of 14th chapter, he's talking about spiritual gifts, how it should be, what are the gifts, etc. So the whole aspect of topical or thematic study also is there in a book study, right? Character study, most definitely, right? You learn about the life of the character of certain people and so on. So it is there. So which means it's going to, you know, it'll be a time of learning. It'll be a time of unlearning also, right? I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. What is the context? Tell me, what is the context? Where is it? Who says that? Paul. And it's in the Philippines, right? So Philippians 4 verse 13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. What is the context? Sorry, what? Go ahead. True. But if you look at the verses before that, right? Yeah. So he's saying it is definitely an overcoming verse. He's saying, you know, through Christ, I can overcome. That is definitely what he's saying. I can overcome any of these things. It is through Christ. But what is he saying? He's saying whatever state I am in, I've learned to be content. I've learned to be abased. I know how to bound. Everywhere in all things, I've learned both to be full and to be hungry, how to abound and to, you know, another thing. You know, these things, this environment doesn't affect me because I can actually overcome. So that's the context. We can. The thing is, we can. We can use it. But when we understand the context, we will use it even in those circumstances. Whenever we face those, you know, I don't have right now, I'm going through a season right now. I can do all things through Christ to strengthen me. Very rarely do we use it, right? In such, in such when we go through certain circumstances like that. So the word study would actually give us the background will give us the context, right? And we can apply the word in a more meaningful way, right? So it's going to take time. Yes or no. Yeah. So, you know, we can, when he's studying books of the while, here are some things. Okay. And I'm just going to put that in the chat for the online students. I'll just. Okay. So. One is make an outline of the book. Okay. So that's one thing. When we read through, we see the themes. Okay. And in fact, in our Bibles, it is, it is one letter, right? It is, it is like, hello, how are you? Lots of love. It's one letter, but there are different themes, right? And the people who have put it together have actually segregated the themes, right? Striving and suffering for Christ. I'm just looking at Philippines, you know, humbled and exalted Christ, Philippines to, you know, so it's actually there. So these are different themes. So you make an outline, look, look for keywords of phrases. Okay. So what are some keywords? What are some phrases? For example, if you were looking, you know, if we look at first Thessalonians, that we were, you know, that we were studying on Sundays. So we can see some certain patterns, right? Let me just pick one. Oh, I didn't mark it. Let me, okay. If you look at first Thessalonians chapter two, okay. So two and verse 10, okay. So we see certain things, right? We are witnesses and God also how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behave. Okay. So he'll use like three attributes over and over again. Okay. How justly, how devoutly, how blamelessly. Okay. And if you look at the certain versus following that also, you see that he uses, you know, these kind of attributes over and over, three attributes. He's talking about faith, hope, love, you know, it became an example, etc. So we, you see certain, certain patterns there, certain phrases that he uses. And, you know, and things like that. Right. Okay. So look for those, look for those keywords, look for those phrases. That also gives an understanding what he's trying to reiterate, what he's trying to, you know, what he's trying to emphasize in the, in the letters. Right. Yeah. So are you saying like defining keywords and phrases that you just see the repeated words? Yeah, it could be repeated words. It could be repeated themes that he's emphasizing. See the repetitions, it's a pattern, like when we look into the Psalms also, we see certain things that are repeated and we, you know, your love endures forever, your mercy endures forever. And we know that's part of a song. Right. So this is a refrain that's coming over and over again. So these things really, you know, jump out. But when it comes to these words and themes, like verse 19, right, what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? You know, so it says, I don't know, it's, it's something for us to look at, something for us to study. And it could be this, these kinds of patterns, right? It could be repetition of a word. It could be, you know, these kinds of patterns, like three words over and over again. Right. So yeah, so these are some things to watch out for. Both one, look for the main applications. Okay. There is the application. And if you're taking one Thessalonians as an example, there are a lot of applications. Right. You, for Christian living, you know, for application for, you know, if you're a minister, you know, how you need to lead by example, live by example. So that's the, you know, that's a basic application there. So application is how can I live out this, right? This principle, this truth. How can I put it to practice in my life? That's application. Okay. Then, of course, we study the background of the book. When was it written? Why was it written and so on? When you look at the Thessalonians, we learned that it was written for, you know, maybe three reasons, right? If you study one, he's encouraging the believers not to give up, right? Two, he's reminding them of the things that he taught them, right? All the things that he taught in that short period of one month. Thirdly, he's also, again, encouraging them about the return of the Lord and the hope of life hereafter. Because they were obviously going through persecutions, maybe a lot of people lost their lives and talking about the reality of the hereafter when people die in Christ. Right. So he's talking about that. Yeah. So those are some things that we can look at. We, some application points, right? Truth applications. Okay. So between this class and next, why don't we do a word study? Okay. As an assignment. Okay. So you can pick your word. Let me know. You can do it now. So I can just make a note of it. Okay. So we don't want to repeat. Right. Same words. So you can let me know. Online students. Same thing. What do you want to do a word study on? Okay. Yeah. If you can tell me now, I'll make a note of it. Or I can just put a Google doc. You can enter it in the first person. Okay. So once again, let me. Okay. Can somebody make, Anand, you'll make a note of it. Okay. Okay. So wrenching is wisdom. Sriradha faithfulness, friends, anointing, Nikhil. I always get confused between Nikhil and Vimal. I was about to say Vimal. Then I said, okay, I'll wait. Nikhil. Yeah. Francis, what to select? Okay. So give to Anand. And let the, I think Anand is already written. Okay. So, okay. Online students, you can post it here. And I'll just copy and paste it on an Excel, on a Google doc. Okay. So, yeah, Chira, Prabhu, Anthony, Mercy, Nikhil Mercy. That sounds like a name, Nikhil Mercy. Nikhil Mercy. Okay. Nikhil Mercy is writing, I was studying about Nikhil Mercy. Francis. God. Okay. Interesting. That's a lot of work. All the best. Yeah. Nina greys, is it? Okay. Okay. Okay. So, in person, we are sorted online. You can actually put it on the chat. What I can also do is I'll make a Google doc and I'll share it online students. So you can do that. E-learning, it's up to you. You can choose a word and do a study on it. Just like how we discussed, you do a word study. What does it mean in the original language and are there different words in the original language that we will look at on the one word? What does it mean? How is it used, et cetera? Okay. Okay, Nina's perseverance. Thank you. Okay. So, let's move on to the next one, which is inductive. Inductive Bible study. Okay. Now, inductive is interesting. Okay. So, what does that word mean inductive? Okay. In logic, right, there are two different words that are normally used, deductive, inductive. Okay. So, deductive reasoning is general to the specific and simply put, you know, inductive is, you look at one thing, specific thing. You know, why is it there? What is the meaning of it? And then you apply it to a more general sense. Okay. So, that's inductive. For example, you know, questions like, we can say, okay, inductive Bible study would require, let's say three steps. Okay. First one would be observation. Okay. The second one, interpretation. Third one is, you know, application. Right. Simple. Observation, interpretation, application. Okay. So, in the interpretation, even as we observe the text, there are several questions that we may ask. Okay. That you, that is there listed in the notes. Right. So, questions like, what does this passage say? Okay. You read a passage and then you're asking yourself that question, what does this passage say? Okay. What is it saying? Another question, what does this passage mean? Okay. So, both the same or different? What does it say, this passage? What does it mean? Yeah. So, it is different. In what way is it different? You can probably use the, you can use the mic, please. Yeah. Yes. What they say is like what they're conveying. What they mean is like to see what they are trying to teach us through it. What are the principles? Okay. Okay. So, let's, yeah, that's basically, you know, that's the thing. Okay. This parable says, or this scripture, you know, it just says this, but this is what actually is the truth that is conveying. For example, okay, let's turn to Matthew 7. Okay. Matthew 7, nine onwards. Okay. What man is there among you? Who, when a son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? Okay. So, this is what he's saying. So, when it comes to, you know, we read on and then he says, if you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your father who is in heaven will give good things to those who ask him. Right. So, these questions are in the context of saying that, okay, something value, something of value is given, not something that is of lesser value or something that is harmful when you actually ask your father. Okay. Things like maybe another, another verse that we can look at is, let's say, yeah, okay. Well, I'll just explain it with another example. Let's, let's look at, let's try to see. Okay. So, yeah, I think Anand's question was, is there a hidden meaning in it? Okay. So, there's, there should, there could be one aspect of it in the sense. I'm just trying to find the scripture to as an example. Okay. Just give me a minute, one minute. Okay. Let's, let's look at the book of John. Okay. John chapter 14, sorry, John chapter 4, I'm sorry, John chapter 4, verses 13 and 14. Okay. Jesus answered and said to her, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst, but the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. Okay. So, when you look at the, what does the passage say? I mean, what does these two us to say? This is what it conveys, that Jesus is saying he'll give something, he'll give water, and it's not like the water from the well, but it will spring up into everlasting life. Okay. The literal meaning he's giving something is giving another water. Right. But what does he actually mean by that? He's obviously referring to everlasting life, referring to salvation. Right. And which, which the physical cannot satisfy. Right. He's talking about the spiritual, which, you know, we look at John chapter 3 also, unless one is born again. Okay. And there he goes on to explain to Nicodemus, the previous chapter, right? John chapter 3. He goes on to explain to Nicodemus about how one is born of water and the spirit, and that which is born of the spirit, that is born of the flesh is flesh and so on. Right. So he goes on to explain it, but certain passages, it, you know, it just left like that. And we know what does, you know, we need to understand in context, what does it mean? Okay. Does that help? Yeah. Okay. So, yeah. And also, when we go through, of course, we are studying, and we know that we are not just using our intellect alone, but we have God the Holy Spirit, who's the author of the scriptures with us. Right. So, what is God telling us? Even as we read, the Holy Spirit is making these, these logos, he's making it reema for us. He's quickening it. Right. He's highlighting, emphasizing certain truths to our hearts. Okay. So, so the question to ask again is what is God telling me? Okay. Some, some other questions here, how am I encouraged and strengthened? Is there a sin in my life for which confession and repentance is needed? How can I be changed so I can learn and grow? And so on, you know, how are these precepts affecting me? Am I listening to God? So many questions. And I'm sure we can add to these questions also. Okay. So what can I, is there an instruction for me to follow? Is there a sin for me to confess? Is there, you know, what is it that I can be an example of, et cetera? So, so this is a, yeah, allegory for What, what does this passage say? And what does this passage mean? So, yeah, so the, in the sense, yeah, there is an allegory there could be. So, so in that case, when we use this, these questions, it's helpful for us. Is it an allegory? Is it, you know, yeah, maybe some like figures of speech, like, you know, first take out the log out of your own eye and then you'll be able to speak, you know, look at the spec in the other person's eye. So, yeah, of course, it's not literal. So things like that we can, yeah. Right. The scripture also comes. Yeah. Yeah, so he's actually, yeah, referring to he's using natural, he's talking about natural elements, water, fountain, et cetera, but he's referring to a deeper truth. Yeah. So it's not a parable in that sense. It's not a story because a parable would be an earthly story, but yes, he's referring to he's drawing a parallel between the spiritual and the natural. Yeah. Yeah. Same we see in, I think John chapter 6 also, right, when he talks about the Holy Spirit and there, of course, John clearly explains this he says about the Holy Spirit. When he says, sorry, John chapter 7, I think. No. John chapter 7 verse 38, he who believes in me as scripture said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. Okay. So it's symbolic of the work of the Holy Spirit who flows out like a river. And John explains that we see spoke concerning the spirit whom those believing in him would receive. One of the difficult thing is, maybe if you read English Bible and all, we can understand. Okay. In this regional language, there will be so much different language. Oh, is it? Okay. Some scriptures. Okay. I saw a few people is interpreting in a very different way because of that, language, how they translate. I see. Maybe if you, if you can think of something, you can actually discuss it. You can just, you know, and how it is in the regional language. You can let us know. Yeah. It's like he heard the sound. And in other passages, it's like he didn't heard the people who are. Yeah. They could not hear. Correct. But the thing is, I was doing a research on it. Then in this NKJV also it's same. They didn't, they heard. Okay. NIV. When we go to NIV, the sound of, when it came, that they sensed, it's, it's clearly in NIV. Yeah. So, so the thing is they heard and they heard a noise. Yeah. So it did not make sense. It was not in some terms of words and sentences, but they heard something. Yeah. Yeah. Paul's encounter. Okay. You make a note of it. We can look at it. Right. So I think it's, yeah, I asked towards the. Hmm. Okay. 22. Chapter nine. But the voice, but they didn't see any person. But they didn't understand. Hmm. So it makes sense. There's no contradiction there. It, it's, it makes sense. Yeah. Okay. Oh, I see. Okay. They are there. Yeah. They couldn't hear the articulate words. Hmm. Okay. Okay. We'll study about the Telugu thing. Next. Delugu translation. Okay. So, thank you so much. We'll stop here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. God bless. Bye-bye.