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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 15:11 → Psalm 117:1

Quotation

Later text

Romans 15:11BSB

And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”

Earlier text

Psalm 117:1BSB

Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:36

Significance

Universal call to praise YHWH. Paul transposes "Lord" to end of first clause, possibly for emphasis. All peoples called to praise, fulfilling prophetic vision of nations worshiping true God. "Lord" here may include Christ in divine identity.

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

Hermeneutical Notes

NT Use Pattern: Assimilated — Third element of the four-text catena at Romans 15:9-12 — Psalm 117's call for all nations to praise Yahweh.

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Trajectory Table