When the story is made to flatter the Christian Church at the expense of the Jews (or when, as in the play, Pilate, a non-Jew, is made to appear noble in contrast to the scheming Sanhedrin) the true import of the Christian gospel is corrupted. (religion-online.org)
Although I have sought to adjust the verbal expression the better to conform to our concept of the real meaning and the true import of the Master's life and teachings, as far as possible, I have adhered to the actual human concept and thought pattern in all my narratives. (redeeminggod.com)
Thus the translators caught the true import of the Hebrew Bible's insistence that the people of Israel are related to God by a compact whose terms God alone had set. (religion-online.org)