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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

Romans 10:20-21 → Isaiah 65:1

Quotation

Later text

Romans 10:20BSB

And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 65:1BSB

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Isaiah 65:2BSB

All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:26

Significance

Isaiah's oracle about God being found by Gentiles and rejected by Israel provides scriptural precedent for current pattern. God's extended hands show persistent grace despite Israel's rebellion.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment