Raw Cross-Testament Parallels Output
Acts 15:10 (Peter's yoke statement)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Lam 1:14 |
0.370 |
able, neck, yoke |
| 2 Chr 30:8 |
0.339 |
father, neck |
| 2 Ki 17:14 |
0.339 |
father, neck |
| Eze 11:7 |
0.326 |
put, therefore |
| Neh 9:16 |
0.321 |
father, neck |
| Gen 27:40 |
0.316 |
neck, yoke |
| Jer 28:14 |
0.315 |
neck, yoke |
| Jer 2:27 |
0.314 |
bear, father, neck |
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| 1 Cor 10:9 |
0.388 |
neither, test |
| Luke 14:33 |
0.378 |
able, disciple, therefore |
| John 5:19 |
0.358 |
able, father, therefore |
| Mat 15:2 |
0.343 |
disciple |
Acts 15:20 (Four prohibitions)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Eze 23:37 |
0.381 |
blood, idol |
| 2 Chr 33:19 |
0.378 |
idol, write |
| Eze 6:4 |
0.366 |
idol |
| Eze 18:12 |
0.356 |
idol |
| Eze 36:18 |
0.350 |
blood, idol |
| Hos 11:2 |
0.350 |
idol |
| Eze 22:4 |
0.349 |
blood, idol |
| Eze 22:3 |
0.344 |
blood, idol |
| Zec 9:7 |
0.343 |
blood, idol |
| Eze 33:25 |
0.341 |
blood, idol |
Note: OT parallels consistently link blood and idolatry -- the same combination found in the four prohibitions.
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Acts 15:29 |
0.510 |
blood, idol, immorality, strangled |
| Acts 21:25 |
0.503 |
blood, idol, immorality, strangled |
| Col 3:5 |
0.385 |
immorality |
| Rev 2:20 |
0.362 |
idol, immorality |
| Eph 5:3 |
0.355 |
immorality |
| Rev 2:14 |
0.351 |
idol, immorality |
| Rom 2:22 |
0.350 |
idol |
| Rev 17:2 |
0.349 |
immorality |
| 1 Cor 8:7 |
0.345 |
idol |
| 1 Thess 4:3 |
0.343 |
immorality |
Note: The Rev 2:14,20 parallels are significant -- they link idolatry and fornication together in the messages to the churches, exactly matching two of the four prohibitions.
Acts 15:21 (Moses read in synagogues every sabbath)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Exo 16:25 |
0.410 |
Moses, sabbath |
| Neh 9:14 |
0.383 |
Moses, sabbath |
| Exo 31:16 |
0.383 |
age, sabbath |
| Num 3:1 |
0.382 |
age, Moses |
| Lev 24:8 |
0.382 |
age, sabbath |
| Lev 9:1 |
0.376 |
Moses, old |
| Exo 31:13 |
0.375 |
age, sabbath |
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Acts 18:4 |
0.445 |
sabbath, synagogue |
| Luke 4:16 |
0.434 |
read, sabbath, synagogue |
| Acts 13:27 |
0.423 |
read, sabbath |
| Luke 13:10 |
0.410 |
sabbath, synagogue |
| Mat 9:35 |
0.396 |
proclaim, synagogue |
| Luke 6:6 |
0.393 |
sabbath, synagogue |
| 2 Cor 3:15 |
0.391 |
Moses, read |
| Acts 13:44 |
0.390 |
city, sabbath |
| Acts 13:15 |
0.385 |
read, synagogue |
| Mark 1:21 |
0.379 |
sabbath, synagogue |
Note: The strongest NT parallels all involve sabbath + synagogue, confirming that Acts 15:21 references the established practice of sabbath synagogue attendance where Moses was read.
Romans 11:17 (Wild olive grafted in)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Dan 4:11 |
0.327 |
off, tree |
| Judg 9:9 |
0.315 |
fatness, tree |
| Gen 30:37 |
0.314 |
tree |
| Dan 4:20 |
0.306 |
root, tree |
| Amos 2:9 |
0.304 |
root, tree |
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Rom 11:24 |
0.464 |
off, tree |
| Luke 3:9 |
0.378 |
root, tree |
| Rom 11:19 |
0.378 |
branches, off |
| Mat 3:10 |
0.378 |
root, tree |
| Rom 11:16 |
0.269 |
branches, root |
Ephesians 2:12 (Alienated from commonwealth of Israel)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Num 25:13 |
0.372 |
covenant |
| Josh 9:7 |
0.365 |
covenant |
| 1 Ki 8:23 |
0.361 |
covenant |
| Deut 31:7 |
0.359 |
covenant |
| Jer 31:33 |
0.345 |
covenant |
| Jer 11:3 |
0.342 |
covenant |
| Ezra 10:2 |
0.337 |
hope |
Note: Jer 31:33 appears in the parallels -- the new covenant passage, which defines the covenant from which Gentiles were formerly alienated.
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Acts 1:6 |
0.372 |
time |
| 2 Cor 5:19 |
0.367 |
Christ, world |
| 1 Thess 2:14 |
0.356 |
Christ |
| Gal 3:16 |
0.338 |
Christ, covenant |
Ephesians 2:19 (Fellow-citizens with the saints)
OT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Eze 36:20 |
0.318 |
(semantic match) |
| Deut 12:12 |
0.299 |
(semantic match) |
| Deut 16:11 |
0.297 |
(semantic match) |
NT Parallels
| Reference |
Score |
Key Terms |
| Phil 4:22 |
0.357 |
household, saint |
| Gal 4:7 |
0.339 |
longer |
| Phil 3:20 |
0.331 |
(semantic match -- "our citizenship is in heaven") |
| Heb 11:13 |
0.317 |
stranger |