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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 21:23 → Isaiah 60:19-20

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 21:23BSB

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Earlier text

Isaiah 60:19-20BSB

No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:22

Significance

Isaiah 60:19-20 promises: "No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor." Revelation 21:23 directly fulfills this: "the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp." The verbal correspondence is nearly exact — no sun, no moon, God as light. The christological addition is significant: Isaiah names YHWH as the light; Revelation adds "the Lamb is its lamp" (ho lychnos autēs to arnion), identifying the Lamb with the divine light-giving function. This allusion participates in the canonical light trajectory from creation (Gen 1:3) through the pillar of fire, the lampstand, and the Servant as light to the nations, to God Himself as the eternal light source.

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

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 2