Searching for verbs NOT in direct speech or OT quotes

I want to compare the four gospels for their use of indicative verbs in the narrative (not in quotations of OT or direct speech).

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I also figured out how to INTERSECTS to get something like this using a Morph Search:

@V??I INTERSECTS ({Section <PropositionalOutline Quotation>} OR {Speaker <Person Jesus>})

Given your first statement, then you should use NOT INTERSECTS in your query.

There is no wildcard for a Speaker, so you should continue to exclude significant speakers after Jesus e.g. John the Baptist (using OR).

The only problem is that I don't know who all the speakers are in all the Gospels

You only need exclude the significant Speakers who you can find via Bible Browser

Excluding two or three speakers will allow you to ignore false positives more easily.

Thanks again, Dave. I had not thought to use Bible Browser. I have finally figured out a search that works to get close enough:

Morph Search for:

@V??I NOT INTERSECTS ({Section <PropositionalOutline Quotation>} OR {Speaker <Person Jesus>} OR {Speaker <Person John the Baptist>}OR {Speaker <Person Disciples>} OR {Speaker <Person Peter>} OR {Speaker <Person A Chief Priest>} OR {Speaker <Person Peter>} OR {Speaker <Person Pharisees>} OR {Speaker <Person God>})

You have duplicated Peter as a Speaker and you might need to insert a space before the OR that follows John the Baptist!