"It was for the sake of those who should believe on Him that these words of Christ were spoken. He knew that they would be repeated. Being spoken at the Passover, they would come to the ears of thousands, and be carried to all parts of the world. After He had risen from the dead, their meaning would be made plain. To many they would be conclusive evidence of His divinity. DA 165.1"
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;"
Both passages discuss Jesus's words having an impact on future believers. EGW amplifies the idea that Jesus's words at the Passover would reach many and be understood later, connecting it to John 17:20 which speaks of Jesus praying for future believers.
"Because of their spiritual darkness, even the disciples of Jesus often failed of comprehending His lessons. But many of these lessons were made plain to them by subsequent events. When He walked no more with them, His words were a stay to their hearts. DA 165.2"
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
EGW's statement about the disciples understanding Jesus's lessons later and His words being a stay to their hearts directly reflects the principle in John 14:26, where the Holy Spirit is promised to bring all things to remembrance.
"mediatorial character and work of Christ. The entire plan of sacrificial worship was a foreshadowing of the Saviour's death to redeem the world. There would be no efficacy in these offerings when the great event toward which they had pointed for ages was consummated. DA 165.3"
"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect."
Both passages discuss the sacrificial system as a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice. Hebrews 10:1 explicitly states the law was a shadow of good things to come, and EGW connects this to the sacrificial worship pointing to the Saviour's death.
"Since the whole ritual economy was symbolical of Christ, it had no value apart from Him. When the Jews sealed their rejection of Christ by delivering Him to death, they rejected all that gave significance to the temple and its services. Its sacredness had departed. It was doomed to destruction. From that day sacrificial offerings and the service connected with them were meaningless. Like the offering of Cain, they did not express faith in the Saviour. In putting Christ to death, the Jews virtually destroyed their temple. When Christ was crucified, the inner veil of the temple was rent in twain from top to bottom, signifying that the great final sacrifice had been made, and that the system of sacrificial offerings was forever at an end. DA 165.4"
"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;"
The EGW passage directly references and interprets the tearing of the temple veil described in Matthew 27:51, connecting it to the end of the sacrificial system and the rejection of Christ.
"“In three days I will raise it up.” In the Saviour's death the powers of darkness seemed to prevail, and they exulted in their victory. But from the rent sepulcher of Joseph, Jesus came forth a conqueror. “Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them.” Colossians 2:15 . By virtue of His death and resurrection He became the minister of the “true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:2 . Men reared the Jewish tabernacle; men builded the Jewish temple; but the sanctuary above, of which the earthly was a type, was built by no human architect. “Behold the Man whose name is The Branch; ... He shall build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne.” Zechariah 6:12, 13 . DA 165.5"
"And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it."
The EGW passage directly quotes Colossians 2:15, using it to describe Jesus's triumph over the powers of darkness through his death and resurrection.
"A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
The EGW passage directly quotes Hebrews 8:2, connecting it to Jesus's ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, which is contrasted with the earthly tabernacle built by men.
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
The EGW passage directly quotes and interprets John 2:19, connecting it to Jesus's resurrection and the establishment of a new, heavenly sanctuary.