"taken out of context"

[*MAJA*]

Hi!
I´m reading an english book now and the author was make a quote and then I´ve read "It was taken out of context".
What is that exactly meaning of
"taken out of..."?(I´m german...so);)

[drscannell]

When a quote is taken out of context...

it means that the author used the quote in a way that the person who first said it had not intended.

An example would be to use Nietzsche's "Gott ist tot" in a discussion about God being physically dead. Nietzsche did not intend that.