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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 23:39 → Psalms 118:26

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 23:39BSB

For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Earlier text

Psalms 118:26BSB

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:01

Significance

Jesus quotes the same Psalm 118:26 verse the crowds used on Palm Sunday, but now as prophecy of future recognition. Jerusalem will not see him again until they say "Blessed is he who comes in the Lord's name" with genuine understanding and faith. This hints at a future day when Jerusalem/Israel will truly acknowledge Jesus as Messiah, possibly connecting to Paul's teaching about Israel's future salvation (Romans 11:25-27). Judgment is not God's final word for ethnic Israel; eschatological restoration remains part of God's plan.

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

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

Psalm 118:22 — The Stone the Builders Rejected