Everything we've ever posted about immediate context:

the verses and paragraphs surrounding a passage that directly shape its meaning.

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Wherever the Body Is

Jesus’ proverb about the body and the eagles isn’t a coded prophecy. In its context, it’s a warning: when the Son of Man comes, the event will be as obvious as vultures circling a corpse.

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Interpreting Scripture can feel like wandering in the wilderness—every verse pulling a different way. The Context Compass (C12) offers bearings: twelve “directions” of context that orient us to author, history, genre, and theology. Not a rigid map, but a compass—guiding readers toward clarity without losing the text’s voice.

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