01 Source witness
Codex Sinaiticus facsimile · Acts 20:23–21:11View source ↗
People's Open BiblePartnerships for seminaries & research teams
Put the source trail in every student's hands.
People's Open Bible connects manuscript evidence, translation decisions, and public revision history—so a class can study Scripture with the reasoning in view.
Start with one course or one research question.
Evidence deskActs 20:37
02 Rendering decision
ἐπιπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου κατεφίλουν αὐτόν
“They all wept a great deal, threw their arms around Paul's neck, and kept kissing him.”
03 Public revision record
Beforefalling on Paul's neck
Afterthrew their arms around Paul's neck
Original-language sources
See the witnesses behind the text.
Public revision history
Review what changed and why.
Connected study tools
Move from a verse to its wider context.
Free student access
No paywall between a learner and Scripture.
One transparent workflow
One verse. The whole trail.
Students do not have to choose between clear reading and serious inquiry.Source witness
Open the facsimile and the original-language text instead of taking the translation on trust.
Translation decision
Compare the chosen rendering with lexical alternatives and the reason for the choice.
Public record
Review the before, after, and rationale whenever a verse is revised.
Classroom discussion
Share the same evidence trail so students can examine it and reach informed conclusions.
What “source-aware” means here
Facsimiles are identified by witness and passage. Representative or reconstructed visuals are labeled as such, and they are never presented as textual proof.
Built around the people in the room
Give the instructor proof. Give every student a path.
A serious study tool should strengthen the conversation, not replace it. The evidence stays inspectable so an educator can teach with clarity and a student can ask better questions.
01Shared starting pointEveryone sees the same passage.02Visible reasoningSource, decision, and revision stay together.03Instructor-led inquiryTechnology organizes the trail; people weigh it.
Bring this into a course →Choose a starting point
Fit the partnership to the work.
Begin small, name the outcome, and keep the evidence visible throughout.Acts 20:37 · POB
They all wept a great deal, threw their arms around Paul's neck, and kept kissing him.
SourceAlternativesNotes
Classroom pilot
Try it in one course.
Put source-aware study in front of a real class without changing the rest of your curriculum.- A course-shaped onboarding plan
- Free product access for students
- A faculty review at the end
Beforefalling on Paul's neck
↓Afterthrew their arms around Paul's neck
Research collaboration
Examine the text together.
Focus on a passage, translation question, or research theme and make the reasoning inspectable.- Shared source and decision review
- A public path for proposed revisions
- Clear attribution for accepted work
ReaderACTS 20
AtlasFELLOWSHIP
RecordREV. 15
Institutional integration
Connect the work you use.
Map the reader, Concept Atlas, and public record into the learning environment you already have.- Start with your existing workflow
- Scope what works now and what needs building
- Keep the source trail visible
A bounded first step
A practical three-step pilot.
The institution scopes the service; students continue to access the public Bible for free.30 minutes
Scope the course
Name the course, the passage or learning goal, and what success should look like.
30 days
Run the pilot
Give the class a focused entry point and collect the questions the evidence trail surfaces.
45 minutes
Review the evidence
Review what helped, what did not, and whether a deeper partnership makes sense.
Begin a conversation