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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 9:17 → Exodus 9:16

Quotation

Later text

Romans 9:17BSB

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Earlier text

Exodus 9:16BSB

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:53

Significance

Paul uses Pharaoh as example of God's sovereign hardening to accomplish his purposes. God raised Pharaoh up to demonstrate divine power and proclaim his name universally.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression + Analogy

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods) Trajectory Table