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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 28:18 → Daniel 7:14

Allusion

Later text

Matthew 28:18BSB

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Earlier text

Daniel 7:14BSB

And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Daniel 7:27BSB

Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square14:04

Significance

The Great Commission opens with Jesus's declaration: "All authority (exousia) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me." This claim directly echoes the throne scene of Daniel 7:14, where the One like the Son of Man is brought before the Ancient of Days and given "dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him." The parallels are structural: in both texts a divine investiture follows a crisis, universal authority is conferred, and the commission to extend that authority over all nations follows. Matthew's placement of this declaration in the resurrection context indicates that the exaltation of the risen Christ — his ascent to the right hand of the Father — is the fulfillment of Daniel's vision. The Son of Man has now received the dominion Daniel prophesied, and the Great Commission flows directly from that: the disciples are sent because their Lord has been given authority over every nation and every corner of creation.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + NT References (vision-prophecy fulfilled — not Typology: the Daniel figure is prophetic vision-imagery, which fails the Historicity characteristic of a valid type; per TT 090's anti-default ruling)

▸ The Son of Man Receiving Dominion

Linked Mentions 4

Trajectory Tables 3

Anchor Texts 1

Daniel 7:13-14 — The Son of Man Receiving Dominion

Matthew 28:18 → Daniel 7:14

Significance

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