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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

1 Peter 2:6 → Isaiah 28:16

Quotation

Later text

1 Peter 2:6BSB

For it stands in Scripture: "See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; 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.

+ 3 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Isaiah 28:16-17BSB

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. I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Earlier text

Isaiah 7BSB

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Earlier text

Isaiah 14:32BSB

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:19

Significance

Peter employs Isaiah's cornerstone prophecy to reassure suffering believers that social rejection does not indicate God's displeasure. Rather, God's redemptive plan includes division around his Son. Those who suffered physical dislocation and social ostracism find comfort knowing Christ himself was the rejected stone who became God's chosen cornerstone. The Isaiah context promised stability for those who trust, contrasting human schemes with divine faithfulness. Peter's hermeneutical move identifies Christ as the fulfillment of Isaiah's promised cornerstone, showing that believers' security rests not on social acceptance but on union with Christ, the stone God honored despite human rejection.

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: Assimilated — First element of Peter's three-text stone composite (Isaiah 28:16 + Psalm 118:22 + Isaiah 8:14) — the chosen and precious cornerstone.

Linked Mentions 6

Trajectory Tables 5

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 28:16 — A Stone in Zion

1 Peter 2:6 → Isaiah 28:16

Significance

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Hermeneutical Notes