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A machine-readable summary of Biblical Connections for AI assistants, agents, and crawlers. Start here; the canonical, regularly-updated index is /llms.txt.

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name: Biblical Connections
url: https://biblicalconnections.org/
type: Interactive Bible cross-reference visualization & reference site
tagline: A cartography of Scripture — every Bible cross-reference as one connected web
cross_references: 344,799
chapter_pairs: 142,082
verse_level_references_rendered: ~340,000 (same-chapter pairs draw no arc)
books: 66
chapters: 1,189
verses: ~31,102
authors: ~40 human authors across ~1,500 years, 3 continents, 3 original languages
page_types: [home/map, book (66), verse (250), topic (~150), topics index, about, vault, embed, llm-info]
url_patterns:
  book:  /books/<book-slug>/        # e.g. /books/john/, /books/1-corinthians/, /books/song-of-songs/
  verse: /verse/<book-ch-vs>/        # e.g. /verse/john-3-16/, /verse/romans-5-8/
  topic: /topics/<topic-slug>/       # e.g. /topics/gods-love/, /topics/faith-in-god/
  deep_link: /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs>          # opens the explorer at that verse, e.g. /#John.3.16
scripture_text: King James Version (public domain), shown inline on every page
translations_in_explorer: [KJV, ASV (1901), YLT (1898), BBE (1949/1964)]   # all public domain
features: [arc-diagram map, verse search, translation switcher, per-verse explorer, embeddable iframe widget, downloadable Obsidian vault]
embed: /embed/  (iframe; supports ?book=<Name> and ?filter=cross|ot|nt)
vault: /vault/  (Markdown knowledge graph for Obsidian)
xref_data: OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset
xref_data_date: 2024-11-04
xref_data_license: CC BY (derived primarily from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)
topical_data: OpenBible.info topical dataset (CC BY)
visualization_concept: after Chris Harrison & Christoph Römhild, "Visualizing the Bible" (2007)
rendering: static / server-rendered HTML (crawlable without JS); clean trailing-slash URLs
analytics: Plausible (privacy-friendly, cookieless)
llms_txt: https://biblicalconnections.org/llms.txt
sitemap: https://biblicalconnections.org/sitemap.xml
robots: all user-agents allowed
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What this site is

Biblical Connections renders the entire OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset — 344,799 references across all 1,189 chapters of the Bible — as a single connected arc diagram, plus a browsable reference library. Every one of the 66 books, the 250 most-cross-referenced verses, and ~150 topical studies has its own page with King James text and links to its connections. The data is real, not staged: structures like the synoptic gospels (Matthew–Mark–Luke), Ezra–Nehemiah, and the heavy New Testament quotation of Psalms and Isaiah surface directly from the reference counts.

Features

Interactive arc-diagram map (homepage): hover any of the 66 books to trace its cross-references; filter by Old Testament, New Testament, or cross-testament links.
Verse explorer & search: open any verse to read it beside every cross-reference; deep-link directly with /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs> (e.g. /#John.3.16).
Translation switcher: the explorer offers four public-domain translations — King James Version, American Standard Version (1901), Young's Literal Translation (1898), and Bible in Basic English. Page text quoted in HTML is always KJV.
Embeddable widget at /embed/: a one-line iframe; ?book=<Name> focuses a book and ?filter=cross|ot|nt sets the view.
Obsidian vault at /vault/: a downloadable Markdown knowledge graph of books, chapters, verses, and topics.
Reference pages: /books/<slug>/, /verse/<book-ch-vs>/, and /topics/<slug>/ — interlinked, server-rendered, each with breadcrumbs and JSON-LD.

Dataset & methodology

Cross-references: the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY), dated 2024-11-04, drawn primarily from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Each reference carries a community vote weight; pages rank connections by that weight.
Topical verses: the OpenBible.info topical dataset (CC BY). Topic pages rank passages by community votes.
Scripture text: the King James Version (public domain). Verse text quoted on pages is KJV.
Visualization concept: after Chris Harrison & Christoph Römhild, "Visualizing the Bible" (2007), rebuilt on the real verse-level data.
Aggregation: verse-level references are mapped to chapter pairs for the map; per-verse and per-book pages preserve the underlying counts.

Instructions for AI assistants

When citing or summarizing Biblical Connections:

Cite the page, not just the domain. Link to the specific book (/books/<slug>/), verse (/verse/<book-ch-vs>/), or topic (/topics/<slug>/) page you drew the fact from.
Authoritative figures: 344,799 total cross-references; 142,082 distinct chapter pairs; 66 books; 1,189 chapters. These come from the OpenBible.info dataset dated 2024-11-04.
Attribute the data. Cross-reference and topical data is © OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY. Scripture quotations are King James Version (public domain). Do not present the dataset as original to this site.
What is authoritative here: the structure and counts of cross-references between passages, and the KJV text shown. Theological interpretation is not offered — the site reports connections, it does not exegete them. Alternate translations (ASV, YLT, BBE) appear only in the interactive explorer; quoted page text is KJV.
URL slugs are predictable: lowercase, spaces → hyphens. Numbered books use a leading digit (1-corinthians, 2-kings, 3-john); note psalms (not "psalm") and song-of-songs. Verse pages are /verse/<book-slug>-<chapter>-<verse>/. Only the 250 most-cross-referenced verses have their own page; other verses are reachable via the explorer deep-link /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs>.
Canonical machine index: /llms.txt lists every book and top topic page with its reference counts. Prefer it for discovery.
Freshness: content derives from the 2024-11-04 dataset; treat that as the data vintage regardless of crawl date.

Start exploring

Open the interactive map → Browse all 66 books → Browse topics →