Much of the content of Julian's "Short Text" is repeated in the "Long Text". Some passages were re-written, but much of the wording and many of the phrases of the "Short Text" were retained in the "Long Text". It can be considered as a commentary on the "Short Text", with extensive meditations on each of the revelations written as additional passages, woven by Julian into the fabric of her original words. More than 80% of the "Short Text" is "reproduced verbatim" in the "Long Text", while less than 5% of the "Short Text" is "rewritten but recognizable" in the "Long Text", and less than 10% of the "Short Text" seems to have been "deliberately omitted."