We view an ancient text, in our case one of the Gospels, as a tapestry. An alternative model for grasping the meaning of a Gospel tapestry is suggested by Wittgenstein's explanation of how language works. A tapestry consists of stitches. A gospel consists of words. Stitches have no meaning.
Words have no inherent meaning.
The meaning of a stitch is its use. The meaning of a word is its use. Words can have dozens of uses. Their meaning is in a pattern. Word meaning is in a language-game.