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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 17:3 → Deuteronomy 6:4

Allusion

Later text

John 17:3BSB

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 6:4BSB

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

Significance

"Knowing" God not merely cognitive—means living in fellowship (cf. Hebrew "know" encompassing sexual intimacy, Genesis 4:1 LXX). Though God can be known through creation (Romans 1:18-25), ultimately knowledge contingent upon salvation (Barrett; Wisdom 15:3). Dead Sea Scrolls: "life"/"eternal life" and "eternal knowledge" in close parallelism. God = "only true God" affirmed supremely in Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4). Jesus = exclusive agent, sole authorized representative; God-sent Messiah.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Shema

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Divine Identity (Deity of Christ) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 — The Shema

John 17:3 → Deuteronomy 6:4

Significance

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