The interpreter must investigate what meaning the sacred writer intended to express and actually expressed in particular circumstances by using contemporary literary forms in accordance with the situation of his own time and culture.
Kwa hiyo ni lazima mfafanuzi atafute maana ile iliyoandikwa, aliyotaka kueleza mwandishi mtakatifu katika nafasi fulani, kadiri ya hali ya wakati na utamaduni wake, kwa njia ya mitindo ya fasihi iliyotumika wakati ule[23].