Here's a fun little tidbit regarding Makoto's dad:
Never thought of thinking the displayed time as bible verses, cool stuff!
I'd say it's definitely dev's intention and not coincidence, but perhaps more like a smartass ester egg rather than usable clue for theorizing things
With the same logic I looked 23:19 that popped up in
Worry Not, The Mason Jar since that event is full of “do you believe in God?” (Unless this has already been covered and I am just being Captain Pointing-out-the-obvious)
(I just google "23:19 bible", soooo not a very solid research method lol)
Numbers 23:19
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Despite trying to deliver the idea "God doesn't lie or change minds like human does", seeing "God is not human" as a start of a sentence gives me a slight shiver; the room of deliberately reading this in the malicious way. But at the end of the day this probably doesn't mean too much, just another piece of messing with you material.