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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 3:16 → Genesis 22:2

Allusion

Later text

John 3:16BSB

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Earlier text

Genesis 22:2BSB

"Take your son," God said, "your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you."

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:34

Significance

Monogenēs = "one-of-a-kind," not "only begotten." Isaac as Abraham's "only son" (though Ishmael existed) = son of promise. What Abraham was spared at last minute, God actually did—gave his unique Son. Isaac as typos of Christ (Hebrews 11:17). Contains soteriological dimension: God's love expressed through sending unique Son for world's salvation.

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

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 3