Patrick

TL,

I should have also pointed out that the change in topic is something Cheryl’s view endorses. Given the traditional understanding that the whole pericope is dealing with ‘Public Worship Issues’, the small change of topic is neither here nor there, it’s still within the overall contextual framework.

So you can assert that there is a relative shift in topic by adopting Cheryl’s view, but the context does not require that as the only possible meaning