the primary position of the interpretation: the lame man is like a sinner sitting at the gate of religion but powerless to enter in; although he may have been an authority on ankle bones, he could not use his own, and so on. Rather than choosing a text that requires such allegorizing methods, it is better to choose one that contains in its main theme the exact literal meaning on which the expositor desires to preach. If the expositor desires to preach a salvation message, how much better it is to