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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 20:28 → Psalms 35:23-24

Allusion

Later text

John 20:28BSB

Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

Earlier text

Psalms 35:23-24BSB

Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord! Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:52

Significance

Climactic christological confession, in inclusio with 1:1, 18, is Thomas's confession of Jesus as his "Lord" and "God" in 20:28 (Harris; Ridderbos). In OT these two expressions frequently juxtaposed with reference to Yahweh (e.g., Psalm 35:23-24).

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

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