Did you know that you can view multiple Bibles side-by-side at the Bible Gateway?
Doing so is a great way to compare how different Bible versions translate the same passage. And it’s not hard to do–click here (or on the image above) to watch a video tutorial that walks you through all the steps to view multiple Bibles at the same time.
Did you know that you can link to the Bible Gateway from your website? Of course you did–but did you know that you can configure your link to specify the exact Bible version, language, and search terms to display? Today we’ll explore some of these advanced linking techniques.
Last month, the Bible Gateway bid farewell to its lead developer, Ron Veenstra, who has accepted a position at Agathon Group.
Ron has been a key member of the Bible Gateway development team for over five years. While at Gospel Communications, he led a major redesign of the Bible Gateway and helped design and code the search engine that powers it. He was also responsible for making many of the Bible Gateway’s versions and translations available online, transferring them from their source text and incorporating them into the Bible Gateway.
Joining the development team in the wake of Ron’s departure is Luke Baker, who has worked as a system administrator at Gospel Communications for several years and has worked closely with Ron and the Bible Gateway team.
Ron will be sorely missed, but we wish him all the best at his new position with Agathon Group!
Did you know that you can change the default version of the Bible that the Bible Gateway uses? By default, the Bible Gateway makes use of the New International Version when you do a Bible search—but you can set the Bible Gateway to use any one of the dozens of versions available. Want the Bible Gateway to use the King James Version or The Message instead, or perhaps the Russian Synodal Version or another language?
No problem! To choose which version you want to the Bible Gateway to use, click on the “Preferences” link in the navigation bar on the left side of the page. This brings you to a page at which you can set a number of different preferences; halfway down the page you’ll see the Default Version selector:
Simply select the version you want to use from the drop-down list (you can leave the other settings alone for now). Then click “Update your preferences” at the bottom of the page.
Congratulations–you’ve just changed the default Bible version that the Bible Gateway uses! From now on, when you visit the Bible Gateway, it will use the Bible version you chose instead of the New International Version! (You can always change this back to the NIV, or to another version, by visiting the Preferences page again.)
Welcome to the Bible Gateway blog! We plan to use this space to share with you Bible Gateway-related news, as well as tips & tricks for getting the most out of the Bible Gateway.
As we kick off the blog, this seems an appropriate moment to introduce the Bible Gateway and explain what we’re up to. The organization behind the Bible Gateway is Gospel Communications. The Bible Gateway is one of several online ministry projects they maintain.
The purpose of the Bible Gateway is simple: to make God’s Word available to as many people as possible, in as many languages and versions as possible. Altogether, there are currently over 80 different versions of the Bible at the Bible Gateway. We can’t do that without the help of a lot of different Bible translators and publishers—while some of the Bibles here are in the public domain, most are made available by special permission from the publishers.
Whether you’re a casual Bible Gateway user who stops by to look up a Bible verse every now and then, or a regular visitor who uses the Bible Gateway for ongoing research and study, welcome—we’re always working to make the Bible Gateway better, and we hope that this blog will introduce you to a few features and options you haven’t seen before.
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