Cross-references
Trace any verse through the canon. Every echo, citation, thematic parallel and contested reading - scored by strength and filtered by testament, genre, or type.
Trace a verse
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Every echo, citation, typology and thematic parallel - charted across the full arc of scripture. Enter a reference above to begin.
Each cross-reference reveals a different way scripture speaks to itself. Click any to explore.
Word-for-word OT passage quoted in the New Testament.
A prophecy explicitly declared fulfilled by a later author.
An earlier event or person foreshadows a later one.
Echoing language without direct quotation.
Same event described from different perspectives.
Common theological motif woven across books.
The Old Testament is quoted over 300 times in the New Testament, with Isaiah and Psalms being the most referenced books.
Revelation contains more Old Testament allusions than any other NT book — over 500 echoes without a single direct quotation.
Psalm 110:1 is the most frequently cited OT verse in the New Testament, appearing in Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, Hebrews, and 1 Corinthians.
The phrase "it is written" appears 63 times in the King James New Testament, each time pointing back to an OT cross-reference.