BibleAI · User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
A “Predicted Answer” with numbered sources
For “Talking animals”, a box labelled “Predicted Answer*” explains Balaam’s donkey and the serpent with circled numbers in the text. Chips below read “1 Genesis 3:1”, “2 Numbers 22:21-30” and “11 Desiring God”, above tabs for passages, articles, books and videos.
Observed in bible.ai: app profile, research screenshots and design review.
Design takeaway
Numbered markers connect claims to sources and mix Scripture with a ministry’s articles. Show each source’s type, and check that every marker supports the sentence it sits in.
What this example establishes
For “Talking animals”, a box labelled “Predicted Answer*” explains Balaam’s donkey and the serpent with circled numbers in the text. Chips below read “1 Genesis 3:1”, “2 Numbers 22:21-30” and “11 Desiring God”, above tabs for passages, articles, books and videos.
Limits and further verification
A still image shows one interface state. Gestures, timing, accessibility, persistence and what happens next were not tested. App version not recorded.
Provenance
- Platform
- iOS app · device model not recorded
- Image origin
- User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
- Source or capture date
- Captured 1 October 2025 · from embedded image metadata
- Reviewed
- 6 October 2026
- Version
- Not recorded
Screenshot captured by Tobias Treppmann for his app-pattern research and supplied for this design reference. Resized for the web; content unchanged. Interface, imagery and Scripture text remain the property of their respective rights holders.
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