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Cross-Testament Parallels Raw Data

MAT 24:3 (the dual question — parousia + synteleia)

OT Parallels

  • Zechariah 14:4 (0.308) — olive, Mount of Olives
  • Isaiah 50:4 (0.305) — disciple
  • Psalm 52:10 (0.301) — age, olive
  • Zechariah 3:8 (0.300) — sign
  • Genesis 9:12 (0.293) — age, sign
  • Daniel 7:22 (0.286)

NT Parallels

  • MRK 13:3 (0.465) — olive, private, sitting [direct synoptic parallel]
  • LUK 19:37 (0.419) — disciple, olive
  • LUK 17:22 (0.394) — disciple
  • MAT 26:64 (0.392) — coming, sitting [Jesus before Sanhedrin cites Dan 7:13]
  • 2PE 3:4 (0.377) — coming, thing ["Where is the promise of his coming?"]
  • REV 10:6 (0.377) — age, thing

MAT 24:14 (gospel to all nations — hinge verse)

OT Parallels

  • Daniel 7:14 (0.393) — dominion, nation [everlasting kingdom to all nations]
  • Daniel 4:31 (0.381) — dominion, end
  • Daniel 2:44 (0.364) — dominion, end [God's kingdom in days of these kings]
  • Isaiah 9:6 (0.358) — dominion, end
  • Zechariah 9:10 (0.347) — dominion, end

NT Parallels

  • MRK 13:10 (0.476) — gospel, nation, proclaim [direct synoptic parallel]
  • 1CO 15:24 (0.413) — dominion, end
  • MRK 1:15 (0.391) — dominion, gospel
  • COL 1:23 (0.372) — gospel, proclaim
  • GAL 3:8 (0.367) — gospel, nation

MAT 24:15 (abomination of desolation)

OT Parallels

  • Daniel 9:2 (0.406) — daniel, prophet, understand
  • Daniel 6:15 (0.394) — daniel, place
  • Daniel 10:11 (0.374) — daniel, place, stand, understand

NT Parallels

  • MRK 13:14 (0.603) — abomination, desolation, read, see [direct parallel, highest score]
  • ACT 7:33 (0.374) — holy, place, stand
  • REV 1:3 (0.406) — read

MAT 24:29 (cosmic signs)

OT Parallels

  • Isaiah 13:10 (0.490) — heaven, light, moon, star [HIGHEST OT SCORE — direct source]
  • Ecclesiastes 12:2 (0.472) — after, light, moon, star
  • Ezekiel 32:7 (0.443) — heaven, light, moon, star
  • Joel 2:10 (0.439) — heaven, moon, star, sun
  • Joel 3:4 [Joel 2:31 in English] (0.425) — moon, sun [direct source for Rev 6:12]

NT Parallels

  • MRK 13:24 (0.709) — after, darken, light, moon [HIGHEST NT SCORE — direct parallel]
  • MRK 13:25 (0.519) — fall, heaven, power, shaken
  • ACT 2:20 (0.457) — moon, sun [Peter quoting Joel on Pentecost]
  • REV 8:12 (0.440) — darken, moon, star, sun
  • LUK 21:26 (0.413) — heaven, power, shaken
  • LUK 21:25 (0.396) — moon, star, sun
  • REV 6:13 (0.379) — heaven, shaken, star

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

OT Parallels

  • Daniel 7:13 (0.426) — cloud, heaven, see [direct Daniel source]

NT Parallels

  • LUK 21:27 (0.623) — cloud, coming, glory, great [synoptic parallel]
  • MRK 13:26 (0.615) — cloud, coming, glory, great [synoptic parallel]
  • MAT 26:64 (0.550) — cloud, coming, heaven, power [Jesus before Sanhedrin]
  • MRK 14:62 (0.530) — cloud, coming, heaven, power
  • REV 1:7 (0.487) — cloud, coming, see, tribe ["every eye shall see"]

MAT 24:34 (this generation)

OT Parallels

  • Ecclesiastes 1:4 (0.369) — age
  • Lamentations 5:19 (0.361) — age

NT Parallels

  • LUK 21:32 (0.754) — age, away, place, thing [HIGHEST SCORE — direct parallel]
  • MRK 13:30 (0.728) — age, away, place, thing [direct parallel]
  • MAT 23:36 (0.509) — age, thing, truly [same author, same phrase "this generation"]

REV 6:12 (sixth seal cosmic signs)

OT Parallels

  • Joel 3:4 [Joel 2:31] (0.375) — blood, great, moon, sun [primary OT source]
  • Joel 2:10 (0.306) — moon, sun

NT Parallels

  • REV 11:19 (0.422) — earthquake, great, open
  • REV 6:9 (0.397) — open, saw, seal
  • ACT 2:20 (0.365) — blood, great, moon, sun [Peter quoting Joel]

LUK 21:24 (times of the Gentiles)

OT Parallels

  • 2 Chronicles 20:18 (0.404) — down, fall, jerusalem
  • Joel 4:1 (0.364) — jerusalem, time

NT Parallels

  • MRK 10:33 (0.432) — gentile, jerusalem
  • ACT 21:11 (0.417) — gentile, into, jerusalem
  • ROM 11:11 (0.399) — fall, gentile [Israel's fall = Gentile riches]
  • REV 6:11 (0.388) — fulfill, time, until
  • REV 20:3 (0.359) — into, nation, time, until

2TH 2:3 (man of sin)

OT Parallels

  • Hosea 4:6 (0.346) — destruction
  • Jeremiah 8:5 (0.332) — apostasy
  • Jeremiah 3:22 (0.319) — apostasy

NT Parallels

  • EPH 5:6 (0.412) — deceive
  • 2TH 2:7 (0.402) — lawlessness, until [mystery of iniquity already at work]
  • MAT 13:41 (0.343) — lawlessness