About
Why Thread?
Bible verses travel on their own: on tiles, in apps, on social media. Out of context a verse can start to say something it doesn't. Thread brings the context back, and shows how everything comes together in Jesus Christ.
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The name
A “scarlet thread” is what holds everything together. For us that is Jesus: “he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). Thread helps you discover that line for yourself.
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Context first
Every text comes with the verses before and after it, the structure of its chapter and book, and a context card with genre, time and first readers.
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Three layers, kept apart
What the text says, the historical and literary background, and interpretation are three different things. We keep them visibly separate.
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No false certainty
Where scholars or churches differ, we say so briefly and neutrally. Honest rather than overconfident.
About the translations
We use public-domain translations: the Statenvertaling (1637), the Louis Segond (1910), the World English Bible and the Elberfelder (1905). Their language is sometimes old, so we write the explanations and family moments in plain, present-day words. We'll add modern translations as soon as we have a licence.
Who makes it
Thread is built by nealvdv. Do you have an idea or a question, or do you see a mistake in an explanation? We'd love to hear it: that is how Thread gets better for everyone.
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