The gospels tell the story of Jesus Christ, each one emphasizing different aspects. This chart compares the topics illuminated by those verses.
Category Archives: Visualizations
Visualizing Cross References (Again)
A new visualization reshapes R.A. Torrey’s hundreds of thousands of cross references into a cleverly laid out, interactive heat map.
The Volume of the Book is Written of Him
When I first began exploring word clouds as a means of visualizing biblical data, the result using Wordle was little better than a jumble of words sized according to frequency, with random colors and angular variations to add interest. It’s … Continue reading
How People Share the Bible
The Bible Gateway Blog has an interesting bit of analysis today on how people share the Bible versus how they read it online (based on BibleGateway.com statistics). From the post: When people share Bible passages on Facebook and Twitter, they … Continue reading
The Trinity in QR Code
What you’re looking at is a QR code. Anyone familiar with these would immediately recognize that it is unlike all other such codes – a distinction which will be explained shortly. They have become prolific in marketing campaigns because they allow smart … Continue reading
English Bible Version Explorer
I’m a little late joining the bandwagon on celebrating the 400th anniversary of the KJV, but here’s my contribution to the mix. I found an interesting web site called Bible Reader’s Museum which, among other things, has extensive listings of … Continue reading
Knowledge Networks and the Tower of Babel
I happened to come across a project today that maps the links between various Wikipedia articles to help understand the categories and topics that users find to be related. Normally I wouldn’t share such a project on this blog, but … Continue reading
Mapping God’s Bloodline
Follow the genealogy of Jesus from the creation of Adam and Eve through Noah, the tribes of Israel, King David, and finally Joseph and Mary.
Egypt in the Bible
With the recent uprising in Egypt, I thought it would be worthwhile to get a little historical context. What better place to go than the Bible? Take a look at this interactive map to see all the places in modern-day … Continue reading
Readability chart
There are numerous claims about the readability of various English Bible translations. The chart below is the result of my own calculations using the standard Flesch-Kincaid grade level formula. Many other readability calculations do not specify whether sentence lengths are … Continue reading




