The Bridge

Only the cross references that join the Hebrew Scriptures to the New Testament. Each arc starts in the Torah, the Prophets or the Writings and lands in the New Testament.

• Torah
• Prophets
• Writings

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.Romans 15:4 (ASV)

How this picture was made

The links

The same OpenBible.info list as Threads of Scripture. Of the 344,798 links, 73,313 (21.3%) join the two Testaments. Only those are drawn. Every link inside one Testament is left out.

How it was drawn

The same line of verses and the same way of drawing as Threads of Scripture. Each arc is coloured by the Hebrew section it comes from.

What it shows

• From the Torah: 14,853 (20.3%). From the Prophets: 30,422 (41.5%). From the Writings: 28,038 (38.2%).
• The Hebrew books most linked to the New Testament are Psalms (12,500), Isaiah (9,359) and Genesis (4,483).
• The New Testament books they land in most are Matthew (9,519), Luke (8,370), Acts (7,625) and Revelation (7,277). Hebrews takes 5,061, a lot for its size.

What it does not show

It does not show which links are quotations and which are only echoes or shared ideas. All are drawn alike.