Discourse

Direct discourse is the exact words a person said. Indirect discourse simply reports on what someone said.

Indirect discourse: Jeb noted that if we didn’t act soon, the whole system would implode.

Direct discourse: Jeb yelled, “If we don’t act soon, the whole system will implode.“

In English, quotation marks are used to set off direct discourse.

In Greek, οτι is often used to set off direct discourse (GGBB 454).

In Hebrew, the infinitive לֵּאמֹֽר is used.