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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

Hebrews 13:6 → Psalms 118:6

Quotation

Later text

Hebrews 13:6BSB

So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Earlier text

Psalms 118:6BSB

The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:27

Significance

Confession of confidence in face of persecution. Psalm 118 context: deliverance from affliction, God as helper superior to human help, victory over enemies. Perfect response to God's promise in 13:5. God's help removes fear of what humans can do. The Hallel context (Passover liturgy) connects to Israel's paradigmatic deliverance, applied now to believers' confidence amidst persecution. If the Lord is helper, human opposition becomes impotent—"What can man do to me?" This rhetorical question expects the answer: nothing that ultimately matters.

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