5. DISCUSIÓN
5.6. Análisis de Cluster y de Coordenadas principales
studies:
A. A word study is different from studying topics.
B. This way of studying the Bible focuses on the significance of a
particular word.
II. The function of the cross references:
A. Pointing to other verses with the same expression and fact:
1. Matt. 3:16—“And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately
from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and
He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon
Him.” Cross reference c—Isa. 11:2; 42:1; 61:1; Luke 4:18; Judg. 6:34;
1 Sam. 16:13; Ezek. 11:5; Acts 1:8.
Isa. 11:2 And the Spirit of Jehovah will rest upon Him, / The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, / The Spirit of counsel and might, / The Spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah.
42:1 Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, / My chosen One in whom My soul delights; / I have put My Spirit upon Him, / And He will bring forth justice to the nations.
61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me, / Because Jehovah has anointed Me / To bring good news to the afflicted; / He has sent Me to bind up the wounds of the brokenhearted, / To proclaim liberty to the captives, / And the opening of the eyes to those who are bound. Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to
announce the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed.”
Judg. 6:34 And the Spirit of Jehovah clothed Gideon; and he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called up behind him.
1 Sam. 16:13 And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers, and the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Ezek. 11:5 Then the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me and said to me, Say, Thus says Jehovah, You speak in this way, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come up in your spirit.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
2. John 4:14—“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him
shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him
will become in him a spring of water gushing up into eternal life.”
Cross reference a—Exo. 17:6; Num. 20:8; Psa. 36:8; John 7:37; 1 Cor.
10:4; 12:13; Rev. 21:6; 22:17.
Exo.17:6 I will be standing before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Num. 20:8 Take the rod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, so that it yields its water. Thus you shall bring forth water for them out of the rock and give the assembly and their livestock something to drink.
Psa. 36:8 They are saturated with the fatness of Your house, / And You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures.
John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 1 Cor. 10:4 And all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a
spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ. 12:13 For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether
Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.
Rev. 21:6 And He said to me, They have come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give to him who thirsts from the spring of the water of life freely.
22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely.
3. 1 Cor. 15:3—“For I delivered to you, first of all, that which also I
received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.”
Cross reference d—Luke 24:27; Isa. 53:5-6, 8, 10-12; Dan. 9:26;
Zech. 13:7.
Luke 24:27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He explained to them clearly in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Isa. 53:5-6 But He was wounded because of our transgressions; / He was
crushed because of our iniquities; / The chastening for our peace was upon Him, / And by His stripes we have been healed. / We all like sheep have gone astray; / Each of us has turned to his own way, / And Jehovah has caused the iniquity of us all / To fall on Him. 8 By oppression and by judgment He was taken away; / And as for
His generation, who among them had the thought / That He was cut off out of the land of the living / For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?
10-12 But Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict Him with grief. / When He makes Himself an offering for sin, / He will see a seed, He will extend His days, / And the pleasure of Jehovah will prosper in His hand. / He will see the fruit of the travail of His soul, / And He will be satisfied; / By the knowledge of Him, the righteous One, My Servant, will make the many righteous, / And He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will divide to Him a portion with the Great, / And He will divide the spoil with the Strong; / Because He poured out His life unto death / And was numbered with the transgressors, / Yet He alone bore the sin of many / And interceded for the transgressors.
Dan. 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing; and the people of the prince who will come will destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and the end of it will be with a flood, and even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. Zech. 13:7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, / And against the man who
is My Fellow, / Declares Jehovah of hosts. / Strike the Shepherd, /
That the sheep may be scattered; / And I will turn My hand upon the little ones.
4. 1 Thes. 4:3—“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you
abstain from fornication.” Cross reference b—1 Thes. 4:4, 7; 5:23; 2
Thes. 2:13; 1 Cor. 1:30; 1 Thes. 3:13.
1 Thes. 4:4 That each one of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
7 For God has not called us for uncleanness but in sanctification. 5:23 And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your
spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thes. 2:13 But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 1 Cor. 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from
God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
1 Thes. 3:13 So that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
5. Rev. 4:1—“After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in
heaven, and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet
speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you the
things that must take place after these things.” Cross reference b—
Rev. 19:11; Ezek. 1:1; Matt. 3:16; Acts 7:56; 10:11; John 1:51; Rev.
11:19.
Rev. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sits on it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
Ezek. 1:1 Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, while I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
Matt. 3:16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him. Acts 7:56 And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of
Man standing at the right hand of God.
10:11 And he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down by four corners onto the earth. John 1:51 And He said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, You shall see heaven
opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.
Rev. 11:19 And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened, and the Ark of His Covenant was seen in His temple; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.
6. Mark 12:33—“And to love Him from the whole heart and from the
whole understanding and from the whole strength and to love one’s
neighbor as himself is much more than all the burnt offerings and
sacrifices.” Cross reference a—1 Sam. 15:22; Psa. 40:6; 51:16; Hosea
6:6; Micah 6:6-8.
1 Sam. 15:22 And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices / as much as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? / Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, / And to heed, than the fat of rams. Psa. 40:6 You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; / You have prepared
ears for Me; / You do not require burnt offering and sin offering. 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice; / Otherwise I would offer it; /
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6 For I delight in lovingkindness and not sacrifice, / And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before Jehovah / And bow myself before the high God? / Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, / With one-year-old calves? / Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, / With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? / Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, / The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has declared to you, O man, what is good; / And what does Jehovah require of you, / But that you would execute justice and love mercy / And walk humbly with your God?
B. Pointing to related matters and verses according to spiritual revelation:
1. Rom. 8:16—“The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we
are children of God.” Cross reference b—Zech. 12:1; Job 32:8; Prov.
20:27; John 4:24; 1 Thes. 5:23; Heb. 4:12; Rom. 1:9; 1 Cor. 5:4; 16:18;
2 Tim. 4:22; Gal. 6:18.
Zech. 12:1 …Thus declares Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him. Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man, / And the breath of the Almighty gives
them understanding.
Prov. 20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, / Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.
John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness.
1 Thes. 5:23 And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Rom. 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers.
1 Cor. 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you and my spirit have been assembled, with the power of our Lord Jesus.
16:18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Acknowledge therefore such ones.
2 Tim. 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Gal. 6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
2. Col. 1:15—“Who is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of
all creation.” Cross reference a—Col. 3:10; 2 Cor. 4:4; Gen. 1:26;
Heb. 1:3; 2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.
Col. 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
2 Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the unbelievers that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine on them.
Gen. 1:26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
Heb.1:3 Who, being the effulgence of His glory and the impress of His substance and upholding and bearing all things by the word of His power, having made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
2 Cor. 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.
Rom. 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.
3. Eph. 1:9—“Making known to us the mystery of His will according to
His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself.” Cross reference
a—Eph. 3:3-4, 9; 5:32; 6:19; Col. 1:26-27; 2:2; 4:3; Rom. 16:25.
Eph. 3:3-4 That by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have written previously in brief, by which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ.
9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.
5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.
6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known in boldness the mystery of the gospel. Col. 1:26-27 The mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the
generations but now has been manifested to His saints; to whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
2:2 That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ.
4:3 Praying at the same time for us also, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ (because of which also I am bound).
Rom. 16:25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, that is, the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which has been kept in silence in the times of the ages.
4. Eph. 1:19—“And what is the surpassing greatness of His power
toward us who believe, according to the operation of the might of His
strength.” Cross reference a—Eph. 3:7, 16, 20; Phil. 3:10; Col. 1:11,
29; 2 Tim. 1:8.
Eph. 3:7 Of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the operation of His power. 16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be
strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man. 20 But to Him who is able to do superabundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power which operates in us.
Phil. 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Col. 1:11 Being empowered with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy.
29 For which also I labor, struggling according to His operation which operates in me in power.
2 Tim. 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me His prisoner; but suffer evil with the gospel according to the power of God.