Study · Cut across the whole Bible
The Lenses
A lens is one kind of pattern traced across the whole Bible. This page lists every lens the site keeps, grouped into five families, and each one opens onto its own catalogue of finds with a door from every find into the verse it stands on.
Summary
Each lens here traces one pattern across the whole Bible, and the count on its door says how much of that pattern the page shows. Some are read from the text itself, some are approved by hand, and the contested ones carry the case against them at the door.
- The New Testament quotes the Old Testament outright 276 times.
- Romans quotes the Old Testament more than any other book, 52 times.
- Psalms is quoted more than any other book, 72 times.
- 1,153 words appear six times or fewer in the whole Bible.
- 104 artifacts and inscriptions are keyed to the passages they touch, each one graded.
The five families
The Text Quoting Itself
Where Scripture quotes Scripture. Every place is read from the text and listed with the verse it came from.
2 lenses
- The Quotation WebEvery place the New Testament quotes the Old Testament outright, with the Old Testament verse in full beside the verse that quotes it.276 quotations · read from the text
- Quotation Formulas“It is written.” “That it might be fulfilled.” The words Scripture uses to introduce a quotation, and every place each one stands.49 formulas · read from the text
The Architecture
The shapes the writers built into their books: passages that mirror themselves around a centre, and openings that return at the close.
2 lenses
Words & Shadows
The words a writer uses only a few times, and the people and events that point ahead to Christ.
2 lenses
- TypologyPeople, events and institutions in the Old Testament that point ahead to Christ, led by the places the New Testament says so itself.116 pairs · approved by hand
- Rare WordsWords used six times or fewer in the whole Bible. A word this rare ties the few places it appears together.150 rarest of 1,153 words · read from the text
The Stones & the Witnesses
Evidence from outside the Bible, weighed and graded where it touches a passage.
3 lenses
- ArchaeologyObjects and inscriptions dug out of the ancient world, each tied to the passage it touches and graded for how strong the evidence is.104 finds · graded evidence
- ChronologyThe dated records that touch the Bible's own history, set side by side where they disagree rather than merged into one line.10 finds · graded evidence
- Where the Manuscripts DifferThe places your Bible carries a footnote, the ending of Mark, the woman caught in adultery, the three heavenly witnesses, with the case each way and what it does and does not change.15 places · graded evidence
Contested Patterns
Claims about hidden patterns in the text. Each one is shown with the case against it beside it.
4 lenses
- Equidistant Letter SequencesClaims that words are spelled out by taking letters at a fixed interval. Each is shown at full strength with the statistical case against it.8 claims · contested, labelled at the door
- Numeric PatternsClaims about sevens and other number patterns in the text. The counts anyone can check are kept apart from what is inferred from them.6 claims · contested, labelled at the door
- GematriaClaims read from the number values of Hebrew and Greek letters. The cases with history behind them stand apart from the guesswork.10 claims · contested, labelled at the door
- MazzarothThe tradition that reads the gospel in the constellations, set out as a tradition and weighed, with the objections raised by its own friends.9 claims · contested, labelled at the door
Keep studying
On this page
Other ways to find a passage4
Pages that teach these patterns4
The witnesses outside the Bible3
The quotation, formula and rare-word lenses are read from this site's own index of the text. The structures and typology lenses show only what has been approved by hand. The evidence lenses carry a graded find with the work it was published in, and every cited work stands in the sources registry.