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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 22:24 → Deuteronomy 25:5-6

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 22:24BSB

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 25:5-6BSB

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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Earlier text

Genesis 38:8BSB

Then Judah said to Onan, "Sleep with your brother's wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother."

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:51

Significance

Sadducees cite levirate marriage law to construct what they consider a reductio ad absurdum argument against resurrection. Jesus responds on two levels: first, by distinguishing resurrection life from current existence (no marriage in resurrection), and second, by proving resurrection from the Torah itself (Exodus 3:6), which Sadducees accepted as most authoritative. This demonstrates Jesus' superior hermeneutical skill and exposes the Sadducees' failure to understand either Scripture or God's power.

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