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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 9:33 → Isaiah 28:16

Quotation

Later text

Romans 9:33BSB

as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 28:16BSB

So this is what the Lord GOD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Isaiah 8:14BSB

And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

Significance

Paul combines two Isaiah texts about a stone in Zion - one positive (cornerstone of faith), one negative (stumbling stone). Christ is both: cornerstone for believers, stumbling stone for unbelievers. Brilliant conflation showing dual response to Christ.

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

▸ A Stone in Zion

Hermeneutical Notes

NT Use Pattern: Alternate Textual — Paul uses the LXX "whoever believes will not be put to shame" rather than the MT "whoever believes will not be in haste." The faith-and-shame logic of Romans 9-10 rides on the LXX reading.

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 28:16 — A Stone in Zion

Romans 9:33 → Isaiah 28:16

Significance

Related Anchor-Text Networks

Hermeneutical Notes