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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 19:4-5 → Genesis 1:27

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 19:4-5BSB

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Earlier text

Genesis 1:27BSB

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Genesis 2:24BSB

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:57

Significance

Jesus appeals to pre-fall creation order to establish marriage's permanence and indissolubility. What God instituted before sin entered the world reflects his original intent and ultimate will for humanity. This hermeneutical principle means creation ordinances trump later Mosaic concessions made because of human hardness of heart. Christ's redemption aims to restore creation ideals, not perpetuate fallen accommodations. Jesus demonstrates that not all Torah is equally revelatory - creation mandates reveal God's perfect will while Deuteronomy 24 represents temporary accommodation to sin.

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

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Image of God (Priestly Vocation) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Genesis 2:24 — One Flesh