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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 27:46 → Psalms 22:1

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 27:46BSB

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"

Earlier text

Psalms 22:1BSB

For the choirmaster. To the tune of "The Doe of the Dawn." A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:11

Significance

Jesus' cry represents the climactic moment of divine abandonment as he bears sin's penalty. Debate exists whether Jesus quotes the full psalm (which ends in triumph and vindication) or solely expresses dereliction. The cry captures the most profound mystery of atonement - the Son forsaken by the Father so that sinners might be accepted. Jesus fulfills the righteous sufferer pattern of Psalm 22 but at infinite cost. This moment of God-forsakenness accomplishes reconciliation, with vindication following in resurrection.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment (prosopological — primary) + Corporate Solidarity (basis) + Typology (subordinate, backward-looking)

▸ My God My God Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

Linked Mentions 5

Trajectory Tables 4

Anchor Texts 1

Psalm 22 — My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

Matthew 27:46 → Psalms 22:1

Significance

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