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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 5:8 → Psalms 22:13

Echo

Later text

1 Peter 5:8BSB

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Earlier text

Psalms 22:13BSB

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Ezekiel 22:25BSB

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square14:00

Significance

Peter adapts OT imagery of predatory enemies to describe Satan's activity against believers. Psalm 22's righteous sufferer surrounded by lion-like enemies finds fulfillment in Christ's passion and application to his followers' persecution. Ezekiel's image of corrupt leaders as devouring lions becomes the devil's predatory opposition to the church. Peter's hermeneutical move personalizes and spiritualizes these threats: beyond human persecutors stands a spiritual adversary. The lion imagery emphasizes real danger requiring vigilance, not paranoia but sober watchfulness. This connects to 1 Peter's broader theme of suffering: persecution has both human and demonic dimensions, requiring believers to resist through faith while recognizing their place in cosmic spiritual warfare shared by the global church.

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

▸ My God My God Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

Psalm 22 — My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

1 Peter 5:8 → Psalms 22:13

Significance

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