A type is a representation of one thing by another. Adam was a type of Christ (Rom. 5:14) and so was Isaac (Heb. 11:19). The Passover was a type of Christ (1 Cor. 5:7). There are many types in the Bible, and most of them are too extensive and deep to be listed.

An example of a typology follows: Isaac a type of Jesus.

 

TOPIC	ISAAC		JESUS
Only begotten Son	Genesis 22:2		John 3:16
Offered on a mountain, hill	Genesis 22:2		Matt. 21:10
Took donkey to place of sacrifice	Genesis 22:3		Matt. 21:2-11
Two men went with him.	Genesis 22:3		Mark 15:27, Luke 23:33
Three-day journey. Jesus: three days in the grave	Genesis 22:4		Luke 24:13-21
Son carried wood on his back up hill	Genesis 22:6		John 19:17
God will provide for Himself the lamb	Genesis 22:8		John 1:29
Son was offered on the wood	Genesis 22:9		Luke 23:33
Ram in thicket of thorns	Genesis 22:13		John 19:2
The seed will be multiplied.	Genesis 22:17		John 1:12, Isaiah 53:10
Abraham went down, Son didn’t, “not mentioned.”	Genesis 22:19		Luke 23:46
Servant gets bride for son	Genesis 24:1-4		Eph. 5:22-32, Rev. 21:2, 9, 22:17
The bride was a beautiful virgin.	Genesis 24:16		2 Cor. 11:2
Servant offered ten gifts to bride*	Genesis 24:10		Rom. 6:23, 12; 1 Cor. 12:4-31