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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 12:19 → Deuteronomy 32:35

Quotation

Later text

Romans 12:19BSB

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 32:35BSB

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly."

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:59

Significance

Paul applies God's vengeance on Israel's enemies (in Deut 32 context) to believers leaving judgment to God. Believers must not usurp God's role as judge. Paul adds "says the Lord" as pronouncement formula for emphasis.

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

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Lamech's Song (Vengeance vs Forgiveness) Trajectory Table