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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

Mark 3:27 → Isaiah 49:24-25

Allusion

Later text

Mark 3:27BSB

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

Earlier text

Isaiah 49:24-25BSB

Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:46

Significance

Isaiah 49:24-25 promises Yahweh will rescue captives from the mighty one, contending with Israel's oppressors. Jesus presents his exorcisms as fulfillment—he's the stronger one who binds Satan (the strong man) and plunders his household (delivering the demon-possessed). This echoes the Isaianic new exodus theme: liberation from spiritual Babylon. Jesus' ministry demonstrates the inbreaking kingdom overpowering Satan's reign.

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