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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

John 1:1 → Genesis 1:1

Allusion

Later text

John 1:1BSB

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Earlier text

Genesis 1:1BSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:58

Significance

Establishes canonical link between Genesis and John. Jesus' existence precedes creation ("was the Word" vs. "God created"). The Word is agent of creation, present from eternity past, setting stage for John's lofty Christology. Echoes Proverbs 8 (personified Wisdom present at creation).

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression + Longitudinal Theme

▸ In the Beginning

Linked Mentions 4

Trajectory Tables 3

Anchor Texts 1

Genesis 1:1 — In the Beginning

John 1:1 → Genesis 1:1

Significance

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