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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Matthew 1:22-23 → Isaiah 7:14

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 1:22-23BSB

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

Earlier text

Isaiah 7:14BSB

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:22

Significance

Matthew sees double fulfillment - near fulfillment in Isaiah's time (young woman's conception as sign to Ahaz) and ultimate fulfillment in Mary's virginal conception. The name "Immanuel" (God with us) is programmatic for Matthew's Christology, forming an inclusio with 28:20 ("I am with you always"). This establishes Jesus as the embodiment of divine presence among his people, surpassing temple and tabernacle.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

▸ Behold the Virgin Shall Conceive

Hermeneutical Notes

NT Use Pattern: Alternate Textual — Matthew's virgin-birth fulfillment argument turns on the LXX parthenos ("virgin") rather than the MT ʿalmah ("young woman of marriageable age"). The LXX preserves a specifying interpretation that the NT presses to a Christological conclusion.

Linked Mentions 5

Trajectory Tables 4

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 7:14 — Behold the Virgin Shall Conceive

Matthew 1:22-23 → Isaiah 7:14

Significance

Related Anchor-Text Networks

Hermeneutical Notes