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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 15:21 → Isaiah 52:15

Quotation

Later text

Romans 15:21BSB

Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 52:15BSB

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square10:33

Significance

Mirrors Paul's earlier use of Isaiah 53:1 (in 10:16). There: Isaiah's lament over Israel's unbelief. Here: Nations who never heard will see and understand the exalted Servant. This drives Paul's mission to unreached peoples. The Servant brings light to nations (Isa 42:6; 49:6).

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

▸ The Suffering Servant

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 2

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 — The Suffering Servant

Romans 15:21 → Isaiah 52:15

Significance

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