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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 11:34 → Isaiah 40:13

Quotation

Later text

Romans 11:34BSB

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

Earlier text

Isaiah 40:13BSB

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:44

Significance

Isaiah's assertion of God's incomparability as Creator grounds Paul's doxology. God's inscrutable ways with Israel and Gentiles demonstrate his sovereignty.

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

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross Trajectory Table