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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 4:4 → Deuteronomy 8:3

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 4:4BSB

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 8:3BSB

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square10:23

Significance

Jesus recapitulates Israel's wilderness testing but succeeds where Israel failed. Moses' instruction to trust God's word above physical provision becomes Jesus' defense against Satan. Where Israel grumbled and doubted God's provision (desiring bread), Jesus trusts the Father completely. This establishes Jesus as the obedient Son who lives by every word from God's mouth.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology + Redemptive-Historical Progression

Linked Mentions 6

Trajectory Tables 5

Anchor Texts 1

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 — The Law of the King