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Isaiah 11:2-4

The New Testament’s use of Isaiah

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the […]

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Mark 14:63-65 ?

The taunt 'Prophesy!' mockingly tests the messianic gift of discerning judgment that Isaiah ascribes to the shoot of Jesse, who judges not by what his eyes see. The irony of demanding prophecy from the blindfolded Messiah plays on this expectation, though the connection is thematic and undeveloped.

Low confidence

Figural1

A typological pattern re-read in a later text — no verbal quotation, high figural coherence.

John 16:5-11

The Paraclete as 'Spirit of truth' who convicts the world recalls the Spirit of the LORD resting on the shoot of Jesse — wisdom, counsel, and judging with righteousness, reproving the earth. The convicting/judicial function of the Spirit (krinei, elenxei) coheres tightly with Isaiah's Spirit-endowed righteous judge.

Medium confidence
Elsewhere in Isaiah 11
Isaiah 11:1 11Isaiah 11:1, 10 2Isaiah 11:2 18Isaiah 11:4 6Isaiah 11:6-9 3Isaiah 11:9 2Isaiah 11:10 6Isaiah 11:11-12 3Isaiah 11:12 5