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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 2:15 → Hosea 11:1

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 2:15BSB

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Earlier text

Hosea 11:1BSB

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:59

Significance

Classic example of Matthew's typology where Hosea's original reference to the Exodus is applied to Jesus. Jesus recapitulates Israel's history but succeeds where corporate Israel failed. This establishes Jesus as the true Israel, the faithful Son who perfectly obeys the Father. Matthew sees Jesus not merely predicted by OT but reliving Israel's story in his own life. Text-form note: Matthew's "out of Egypt I called My Son" follows the MT's singular ("My son") against the LXX's plural ("his children") — the singular is exactly what the christological/corporate reading requires, reinforcing the Corporate-Solidarity mechanism.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology (via Corporate Solidarity) + Promise-Fulfillment (new Exodus) + NT References

▸ Out of Egypt I Called My Son

Linked Mentions 6

Trajectory Tables 4

Longitudinal Themes 1

Sonship

Anchor Texts 1

Hosea 11:1 — Out of Egypt I Called My Son

Matthew 2:15 → Hosea 11:1

Significance

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