several places (see Luke 24:35; John 1:18; Acts 10:8; 15:12, 14; 21:19). This word means to lead out of. The preacher wants adequately to represent what the Scripture itself says by “leading out” the right meaning of a text. John 1:18 reveals that Christ “exegeted” the Father to man—He “led out” the meaning of God to man. Exegesis is the opposite of eisegesis, which is reading into the text what the preacher would like it to say. Hermeneutics Careful exegesis leads the expositor to good hermeneutics
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