I am currently reading several books for a course in Christian theology. While reading through James White's Scripture Alone, I came across a helpful definition of exegesis juxtaposed against eisegesis. Note especially the terms lead and insert used to contrast the two.
"To exegete a passage is to lead the native meaning out from the words; to eisegete a passage is to insert a foreign meaning into the words" (pp 81).
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