About our illustrations

The paintings of people, places, and events on word.wiki are illustrations made with an AI image model. They are not photographs or historical portraits: no one knows what Abraham or Peter looked like. They’re there to help you picture the world of the Bible, and every one is labeled.

How we make them

• One style for the whole site: painterly, in warm natural light and muted earth colors, so it reads like one illustrated book.
• Historically grounded: faces, clothing, and buildings of the ancient Near East and the first-century Mediterranean, not European paintings.
• Each person keeps one look across the site, with age shown where the story spans many years.
• Made ahead of time and chosen by a person. Nothing is generated while you read.

What we don’t show

• God the Father is never shown as a human figure. Where God appears, we show light, fire, cloud, or smoke.
• Violence is shown with restraint, by what comes before or after, never blood or wounds.
• No nudity.

Jesus

Jesus is shown, with care and one consistent look: a first-century Galilean Jewish man of about thirty. Some traditions don’t show images of Christ, so you can hide them, or hide every AI illustration, in the reader’s text settings (the “Aa” button on any chapter). The choice is saved on your device.