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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 9:34 → Psalms 51:5

Echo

Later text

John 9:34BSB

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

Earlier text

Psalms 51:5BSB

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square14:02

Significance

Pharisees' dismissive attitude reflects belief in inherited sin/congenital guilt.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Contrast (David confesses his own birth-sin and seeks cleansing; the Pharisees throw birth-sin at a man Jesus has washed and healed, and Jesus turns the verdict: "your guilt remains", 9:41)