Reading tools and method

Sources, method and corrections

The aim is to make it easy to move from a saying to a source passage—and to make the difference between those two texts visible.

The historical sayings collection

The collection retains 486 entries in 109 sections from the previous site. Its Gospel arrangement derives from Arthur Hinds’ The Complete Sayings of Jesus (1927). Some entries combine wording from several accounts; some contain transcription errors or editorial transitions. They are labeled “KJV-based harmony excerpt” rather than presented as an exact verse from a single Gospel.

This is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus in New Testament texts, not a claim to recover every word he spoke. Red-letter boundaries are later editorial judgments. John 3, Revelation 1 and speeches attributed to the one on the throne in Revelation 21 need particular care. Hebrews’ quotations are a literary presentation of Christ speaking, not dated Gospel scenes.

What a context link means

Every entry has at least one validated book-and-chapter destination. An “Event context” link opens a chapter associated with the source event; it does not claim that every line of the excerpt occurs in that chapter. A “Read context” link with a verse number identifies a matching phrase or complete verse in the KJV source. Matching is a navigation aid, not a red-letter classifier. Parallel chapters remain separate; the chapter reader never rewrites them into a combined quotation.

Corrections in this upgrade

• The Samaritan woman’s conversation now includes John 4, rather than leaving the event under a malformed John 3 reference.
• The missing parables and storm section now links to Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8.
• Jairus’ daughter is placed in Luke 8, alongside Mark 5 and Matthew 9, correcting the old Luke 9 heading.
• The entry into Jerusalem uses Mark 11 rather than the impossible reference “Mark 77.”
• The final commission and ascension entry links to the relevant Gospel chapters and Acts 1.
• The reading-period filters now use event boundaries. They no longer divide the list into equal numerical blocks.

The machine-readable correction log records the previous and revised headings. These changes do not amount to a word-by-word scholarly verification of every historical excerpt.

Complete Bible text sources

KJV, BSB, ASV and YLT are drawn from the Scrollmapper JSON exports. Each edition includes 66 books. The site stores book files locally, so reading does not depend on a third-party verse API at request time. Provenance records include the source locations, verse totals and SHA-256 hashes of the input files. The dataset’s MIT notice is retained.

The Berean publisher dedicated its text to the public domain. KJV has a special Crown-rights position in the UK; see the translation notes. Scripture text belongs to its respective public-domain or rights framework, not to this site.

Who maintains the site?

The independent project is maintained through the public noahbsark/words-of-jesus repository. Writing and code may use AI assistance. Automated checks validate links, book and chapter destinations, data completeness and core reader behavior; they do not establish theological expertise or prove an interpretation.

For a correction, send the saying number or page address, the specific wording or destination in question, and a primary-text reference through the contact page. We favor correcting a source problem over adding more pages around it.