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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 8:17 → Isaiah 53:4

Quotation

Later text

Matthew 8:17BSB

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 53:4BSB

Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:11

Significance

Matthew applies the Suffering Servant passage to Jesus' healing ministry, not only to his atoning death. Isaiah 53:4 speaks of both physical and spiritual healing - bearing infirmities and diseases. This demonstrates that messianic ministry includes physical restoration as a sign and foretaste of broader redemption. Jesus' healings manifest the kingdom's in-breaking power over all effects of the fall.

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

▸ The Suffering Servant

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 2

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 — The Suffering Servant

Matthew 8:17 → Isaiah 53:4

Significance

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