20:4
“The council called him a defiler. He answered, “You preserved the water from every purpose for which water was made.””
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
What is history and what is fiction?
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Historical anchor
The parable is original; Zoroastrian traditions strongly value water and ritual purity.
Fiction boundary
No ancient source is claimed for this story.