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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

Revelation 19:7-8 → Isaiah 61:10

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 19:7-8BSB

Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure." For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

Earlier text

Isaiah 61:10BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Significance

Isaiah 61:10 exults, "He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." Revelation 19:7-8 fulfills this: "His bride has made herself ready. She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure — for the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints." Both texts link salvation garments, bridal adornment, and righteousness. Isaiah's "robe of righteousness" becomes the "fine linen" of righteous deeds. The "given" (edothē) in Revelation emphasizes that even the bride's preparation is a divine gift — the righteousness is granted, not self-generated. Isaiah 61 is the passage Jesus read in the Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4:18-19), and its bridal imagery here finds its consummation in the marriage supper of the Lamb.

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

Linked Mentions 5

Trajectory Tables 4

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 61:1-2 — The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me