1.This vision of the river of water flowing from the throne of God seems to be a literal truth and not symbolical (22: 2).
这从上帝宝座流出的生命水不是象徵式的，应当是确实的（22：2）。
2.In India, it is often the literal truth.
而在印度，这往往是不折不扣的事实。
3.Perhaps he was consoled by the fact that in his church, kids told the literal truth.
也许他感受到的是安慰，在他的教堂里，孩子们说出的是完完全全的实情。
4.Did the Greeks think of this creation story as literal truth?
希腊人是否考虑过他们所创造出来的故事是文字上的真理吗？
5.There may be more literal truth to the metaphor than he intended.
这句比喻在字面上的真实度或许比他预期的要多一些吧。
6.After this, Christians and Jews either had to give up belief in the literal truth of the Bible
从此以后，基督教和犹教不得在放弃对圣经直接真理性的信念