The Prophecy Dataset
Every built-out prophecy on this site, as structured, machine-readable data — free to download and reuse under CC BY 4.0.
What’s in it
These are the 873 fully built-out entries drawn from J. Barton Payne’s catalogue of 1,817 biblical predictions. Each entry carries the King James text of the passage, its reference and book, the prophet and approximate date given, a thematic category and sub-theme, fulfillment references, key Hebrew/Greek terms, an archaeological note where one applies, a short plain-language summary, a mapping to Payne’s numbering where known, an editorial confidence score, and a side-by-side summary of how six traditions read the passage — Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Oneness, Dispensational, and Academic.
Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | integer | Stable identifier for the entry. |
ref | string | Scripture reference (KJV versification), e.g. Isaiah 53:5. |
book | string | Book of the Bible. |
status | string | One of Fulfilled, Partially Fulfilled, Disputed, Future. |
category | string | Top-level theme (Messianic, Judgment, Israel, Second Coming, …). |
sub | string | Sub-theme within the category. |
prophet | string | Who gave the prophecy. |
dateGiven | string | Approximate date the prophecy was given. |
text | string | King James Version text of the passage (public domain). |
keywords | array / | | Search keywords. In CSV, pipe-delimited. |
confidence | integer 0–100 | Editorial confidence in the identification/fulfillment. |
fulfillmentRefs | array / | | Fulfillment or cross references. In CSV, pipe-delimited. |
archaeology | string | Archaeological corroboration, where applicable. |
hebrewKey | string | Key Hebrew/Greek terms with transliteration. |
traditions | object | Six keys — Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Oneness, Dispensational, Academic. In CSV these are columns trad_Jewish…trad_Academic. |
desc | string | Short plain-language summary. |
payneNumber | string / null | Mapping to J. Barton Payne’s numbering, where known. |
Example (one entry, JSON)
{
"id": 1,
"ref": "Genesis 3:15",
"book": "Genesis",
"status": "Fulfilled",
"category": "Messianic",
"sub": "Lineage",
"prophet": "God",
"dateGiven": "~4000 BC",
"text": "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman…",
"keywords": ["seed","woman","serpent","protoevangelium"],
"confidence": 88,
"fulfillmentRefs": ["Galatians 4:4","Romans 16:20","Revelation 12:9"],
"hebrewKey": "זֶרַע (zera') — seed/offspring",
"traditions": { "Jewish": "…", "Catholic": "…", "Protestant": "…",
"Oneness": "…", "Dispensational": "…", "Academic": "…" },
"desc": "The first promise in Scripture — the woman’s seed shall bruise the serpent’s head.",
"payneNumber": "Gen 6–8"
}
License & attribution
The King James Version scripture text is in the public domain. The catalogue structure, categorization, confidence scores, summaries, and interpretive-tradition write-ups are © Bible Prophecy Explorer and released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence — use it freely, including commercially, with attribution to Bible Prophecy Explorer (bibleprophecyexplorer.com). If you build something with it, I’d love to see it.
Notes & caveats
The confidence scores and the interpretive summaries are editorial judgments, offered to start study rather than end it; the site’s own standard is to show what a text supports and what it does not, and to name where honest interpreters differ. The status of “Future” and “Disputed” entries reflects that openly. Corrections and better sourcing are welcome.
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