Interactive Bible
Use the sidebar 'bible' search option to enter passages you wish to view or compare (each of a chapter or less). For example...
This page shows how to use the Bible query and search.
Verse references
matt 5:43-48; 6:5-8; 6:19-21; 7:24-28
- book names can be shortened, and there is no need to repeat them for successive passages in the same book
matt 19:16-30 | mark 10:17-31 | luke 18:18-30
- parallels are easy with pipes (SHIFT-Backslash)
philemon
or 2 john 2-3
- you don't need to enter chapter numbers for single-chapter books
matt 13:1-3, 24, 31
- commas can be used to provide a list of verses from a single chapter, in the conventional manner. An ellipsis (…) will show any gaps in the resulting text
php 2
or jn 3:1-2, 4, 9
- as well as allowing shortened book names, some common abbreviations are also recognized
Bible searching
grace peace
- entering something that isn't a reference drops you into a search of the New Testament for a verse containing ALL terms entered
god lov
- partial words will be matched — so
lov
matches love
, loved
, loving
, pavlova
, and so on
grace peace love
- adding more search terms will narrow down the search results
GRACE PEACE
- entering a search in capitals will search the Old Testament instead — sure, it's quirky, but it keeps the user interface nice and simple
Creating links
As shown above, you can link to passages (and searches) directly.
For example, when linking to John 15:1-7 from one of this site's pages, you would use bible.php?q=john+15.1-7
for the link.
You only need to replace spaces with plusses and colons with fullstops.
Obviously, if you are linking from another site, or from an email, you will need to add http://eastcoast.org.au/
to the beginning of any link.
