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Raw Cross-Testament Parallels Data

MAT 24:15 (abomination of desolation)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 9:2 0.406 daniel, prophet, understand
Nehemia 8:9 0.394 holy, understand
Daniel 6:15 0.394 daniel, place
Daniel 10:11 0.374 daniel, place, stand, understand
Ecclesiastes 8:10 0.381 holy, place, see

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
MRK 13:14 0.603 abomination, desolation, read, see
ACT 13:35 0.406 see, therefore
REV 1:3 0.406 read
MAT 13:14 0.402 see, understand
ACT 7:33 0.374 holy, place, stand

NOTE: MRK 13:14 is by far the highest NT parallel (0.603) — Synoptic parallel of same discourse

MAT 24:21 (great tribulation)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Iob 21:13 0.314 world
Iob 8:7 0.305 beginning, great
Daniel 7:22 0.302 until
Daniel 7:18 0.288 until

NOTE: Dan 12:1 "time of trouble such as never was" is the source for Matt 24:21

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
MRK 13:19 0.592 beginning, never, tribulation, until
1TH 3:3 0.395 tribulation
ROM 5:3 0.374 tribulation
MAT 24:29 0.368 tribulation
JHN 16:33 0.352 tribulation, world
MRK 13:24 0.345 tribulation
REV 20:5 0.329 until

NOTE: MRK 13:19 is highest NT parallel (0.592) -- Synoptic parallel of same Olivet discourse

MAT 24:30 (Son of Man coming in clouds)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 7:13 0.426 cloud, heaven, see
Daniel 4:10 0.385 heaven, see
Psalmi 11:4 0.374 heaven, see

KEY: Dan 7:13 is the TOP OT parallel for Matt 24:30 (0.426). "Son of Man coming in the clouds" = directly from Daniel 7:13.

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
LUK 21:27 0.623 cloud, come, glory, great
MRK 13:26 0.615 cloud, come, glory, great
MAT 26:64 0.550 cloud, come, heaven, power
MRK 14:62 0.530 cloud, come, heaven, power
REV 1:7 0.487 cloud, come, see, tribe
JHN 1:51 0.429 heaven, see
MAT 25:31 0.428 glory
TIT 2:13 0.400 appear, glory, great
ACT 7:56 0.397 heaven, see

KEY: All top NT parallels are Synoptic/trial parallels of the same Dan 7:13 allusion. REV 1:7 (0.487) independently uses "coming with clouds" + "every eye shall see" = Dan 7:13 + Zech 12:10 merger. ACT 7:56 Stephen's vision "Son of man standing on the right hand of God" also alludes to Dan 7:13.

2TH 2:3 (man of sin / apostasy)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Hosea 4:6 0.346 destruction
Proverbia 1:32 0.335 apostasy
Jeremia 8:5 0.332 apostasy
Jeremia 3:22 0.319 apostasy

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
EPH 5:6 0.412 deceive
2TH 2:7 0.402 lawlessness, until
1JN 1:8 0.389 deceive
1JN 3:4 0.363 lawlessness
MAT 13:41 0.343 lawlessness
MAT 23:28 0.339 lawlessness
2JN 1:7 0.352 (antichrist connection)

NOTE: 2 Thess 2:7 and 1 John 3:4 both appear as top parallels via lawlessness (anomia) chain

2TH 2:4 (sits in temple of God)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Psalmi 60:14 0.397 down
Iob 15:25 0.361 (self-exaltation theme)

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 3:12 0.398 down, temple
HEB 1:3 0.397 down, himself
PHP 2:9 0.386 above
1CO 3:17 0.384 temple
PHP 2:6 0.379 (self-exaltation theme)
ACT 18:13 0.378 worship
MAT 27:40 0.376 temple

NOTE: 1 Cor 3:17 appears as NT parallel via naos -- supports naos = church reading

2TH 2:8 (lawless one destroyed by mouth)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 6:23 0.335 lips
Daniel 5:23 0.304 breath
Daniel 2:28 0.301 reveal
Jesaia 29:13 0.299 lips

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
MAT 13:41 0.378 (lawlessness context)
COL 3:4 0.378 appear, reveal
2TI 4:1 0.373 appear, Jesus
1JN 4:3 0.365 come, Jesus
ROM 3:21 0.354 reveal
MAT 24:30 0.348 appear, come

NOTE: 1 John 4:3 appears as NT parallel for 2 Thess 2:8 -- confirms cross-author linkage between Paul and John on antichrist/lawless one

REV 1:1 (ha dei genesthai)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 3:28 0.321 angel, servant
Daniel 9:17 0.310 servant

NOTE: Dan 2:28-29 is the verbatim source for "ha dei genesthai" but the parallel tool measures semantic similarity rather than phrase-level identity

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 22:6 0.528 angel, quickness, sent, servant
REV 22:16 0.447 angel, Jesus, sent, thing
ROM 16:25 0.442 Christ, Jesus, revelation
EPH 1:17 0.431 Christ, Jesus, revelation
REV 22:8 0.430 angel, John, show, thing

KEY: REV 22:6 is highest NT parallel (0.528) -- confirms the inclusio structure. Same "ha dei genesthai" phrase brackets the entire book. ROM 16:25 "apokalypsis" connection also significant.

REV 13:5 (mouth speaking great things)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 11:27 0.299 two
Daniel 7:14 0.279 lips
Daniel 7:25 0.264 (Daniel connection)
Jesaia 11:4 0.263 lips

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 13:7 0.369 authority, given, lips
LUK 20:2 0.346 authority, given, thing
REV 13:6 0.306 lips

REV 17:12 (ten horns = ten kings)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 7:24 0.500 dominion, horn, ten
Daniel 8:21 0.355 horn
Daniel 4:26 0.337 dominion, ten
Daniel 2:44 0.327 dominion

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 13:1 0.462 beast, horn, saw, ten
REV 17:16 0.412 beast, horn, saw, ten
REV 12:3 0.392 horn, ten
REV 5:6 0.383 dominion, horn, saw
REV 13:2 0.359 authority, beast, dominion, saw

KEY: Dan 7:24 is the TOP OT parallel (0.500) — the highest score in the entire study. Verbatim "ten horns = ten kings" language.

REV 22:10 (unsealing command)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Nehemia 6:12 0.361 prophecy
Daniel 12:4 0.337 seal, time
Daniel 12:9 0.303 seal, time

KEY: Daniel 12:4 and 12:9 both appear -- the sealing passages that Rev 22:10 reverses

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 22:7 0.467 book, prophecy
REV 22:19 0.431 book, prophecy
REV 22:18 0.419 book, prophecy
REV 1:3 0.396 near, prophecy
2PE 1:20 0.375 prophecy
2PE 1:21 0.371 prophecy, time

NOTE: Rev 1:3 appears as NT parallel -- "the time is at hand" = unsealed because fulfillment time has come (contrasts Dan 12:4 "shut up the words, seal the book, even to the time of the end")

JHN 17:12 (son of perdition)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Psalmi 59:1 0.349 consume, keep
Hosea 4:6 0.304 destruction

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
JHN 17:11 0.440 given, keep, name
MRK 14:49 0.413 fulfill, scripture
JHN 13:18 0.380 fulfill, scripture
ACT 1:16 0.366 fulfill, scripture

LUK 12:32 (kingdom given to little flock)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Daniel 5:18 0.386 dominion, father
Jesaia 9:5 0.376 dominion, father
Daniel 2:37 0.354 dominion

NOTE: Multiple Daniel passages appear in parallels for "give you the kingdom" -- Dan 7:18,22,27 kingdom-to-saints motif

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
MAT 25:34 0.422 dominion, father
LUK 11:2 0.413 dominion, father
MRK 11:10 0.398 dominion, father
LUK 22:29 0.384 dominion, father
REV 19:5 0.381 dominion, fear
1PE 5:2 0.374 flock
HEB 12:28 0.372 dominion
JAS 2:5 0.364 dominion

KEY: MAT 25:34 "inherit the kingdom prepared" and LUK 22:29 "I appoint unto you a kingdom" are top parallels -- kingdom-given-to-saints motif confirmed across multiple Gospel passages. HEB 12:28 "receiving a kingdom" also connects.

1CO 6:2 (saints judge the world)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Psalmi 96:10 0.360 judge, world
Psalmi 96:13 0.351 judge, world
Psalmi 98:9 0.347 judge, world

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
REV 11:18 0.383 judge, saint, small
ROM 3:6 0.375 judge, world
HEB 6:10 0.366 saint
LUK 6:37 0.361 judge
JHN 3:17 0.348 judge, world
1CO 11:32 0.347 judge, world
2TH 1:10 0.342 saint

NOTE: REV 11:18 is top NT parallel -- "time of the dead, that they should be judged, and give reward unto thy servants" connects saints' judgment role to Rev's eschatological timeline

1JN 2:18 (antichrist already/not yet)

OT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
Ecclesiastes 9:12 0.293 even, know
Ezechiel 7:6 0.275 (time-related)
Jesaia 47:8 0.274 children, know

NOTE: Low OT parallel scores (all below 0.30) -- antichristos is a distinctly NT concept with no direct OT vocabulary match. The OT parallels are thematic at best.

NT Parallels

Reference Score Key Terms
JHN 5:25 0.416 come, heard, hour
1JN 4:3 0.378 antichrist, come, heard
ROM 13:11 0.356 hour, know
MRK 13:32 0.345 even, hour, know
2JN 1:7 0.333 antichrist, come, many
2PE 3:3 0.323 know, last
2TI 3:1 0.312 last

NOTE: 1 John 4:3 appears as top parallel for 1 John 2:18 — confirming same already/not yet framework across both passages