How to read this page

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

Graph View — tap the constellation icon in the top bar to see this page's connections as a web of light: gold points are passages, and the coloured threads are the connection types. Click any type in the graph's own legend to filter it in or out, and use the expand control for the full-screen night sky.

New to a term? The Glossary explains every abbreviation and term on the site in plain words.

Intertextuality Pair

Matthew 10:35-36 → Micah 7:6

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 10:35-36BSB

For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

Earlier text

Micah 7:6BSB

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:53

Significance

Micah described family conflict during apostasy as a sign of societal breakdown and divine judgment. Jesus applies this pattern to the gospel age, warning that his coming exposes hearts and creates division as people respond differently. The gospel doesn't cause conflict but reveals it, forcing individuals to choose for or against Christ. What Micah described as judgment imagery becomes the reality of kingdom inauguration, where allegiance to Christ supersedes even family bonds.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Longitudinal Theme