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Intertextuality Pair
Allusion
Later text
John 14:7-9BSB
If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Earlier text
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
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Psalms 46:10BSB
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Exodus 33:18BSB
Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
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Isaiah 6:1-3BSB
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling out to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory."
Covenant language of knowing God. OT: generally future blessing/urged rather than present. With Jesus' coming, situation changed. Philip asks for theophany (cf. Moses, Isaiah). John repeatedly denies direct unmediated vision of God (1:18; 5:37; 6:46).