Bible Study Resources
To help you with your Bible Study we have listed here just a few of the computer based resources that are available. If you find these useful, or have resources that have help you. Drop us a line….
Desktop Resources
e-Sword (www.e-Sword.net) – This is an amazing free Bible study resource. Its features include bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, and note taking features. It comes in desktop and PDA versions. Listed below are some of the Bibles and commentaries that are available, there are also 40+ foreign language version available.
Bible Versions (Free)
American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English, Contemporary English Version, Douay-Rheims Bible (w/ Deuterocanon), English Standard Version, Good News Translation, GOD’S WORD, International Standard Version, Jewish Publication Society Old Testament, King James Version, King James Version (w/ Strong’s), King James Version (w/ Apocrypha), Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, Modern King James Version, Revised Version, Darby Bible, English Majority Text Version, James Murdock New Testament, Webster Bible, Weymouth New Testament, Young’s Literal Translation, Bishops’ Bible (w/ Apocrypha), Geneva Bible (w/ Apocrypha), King James Bible (w/ Apocrypha), Greek New Testament (Majority Text), Scrivener Textus Receptus, Robinson/Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament (w/ Strong’s), Textus Receptus Greek New Testament (w/ Strong’s), Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament (w/ Strong’s), Greek New Testament (w/ Variants), Hebrew New Testament, Hebrew Old Testament (Tanach), Hebrew Old Testament (w/ Strong’s), Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), Latin Vulgate (w/ Deuterocanon)
Bible Version (Priced)
Amplified Bible, Complete Jewish Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible, The MESSAGE, New American Standard Bible Study Set, NIV Family Bundle, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New Revised Standard Version, Revised Standard Version
Commentaries (Free)
Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible, Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Bible, John Darby’s Synopsis of the Bible, Geneva Bible Translation Notes, John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary, Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament, The People’s New Testament (B. W. Johnson), Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament, Scofield’s Reference Notes, The Treasury of David (C. H. Spurgeon), Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Vincent’s Word Studies, John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible
Commentaries (Priced)
Believer’s Bible Commentary, The Bible Knowledge Commentary, Baker’s New Testament Commentary, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary—New Testament, Key Word Commentary, Life Application Study Bible Notes, Thru The Bible with J. Vernon McGee, The Preacher’s Commentary, Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines.
Online Resources:
Bible Gateway (www.biblegateway.com ) An online Bible with search facilitiy. Available in 22 English language version, with audio.
Greek/Hebrew Dictionary (www.strongsnumbers.com) An online Greek and Hebrew dictionary, explaining the etymology of biblical words in their orginial language.
Biblos (http://biblos.com/) A massive online resource with bibles, commentaries, atlases and much much more.
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Tim Bye
June 28th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Wow John this has been a great series!
I’ll definitely check out some of the above resources.
One thing struck me in Marks gospel after learning about the bible being “inspired” – in Mark 14:9 Jesus says the womans act of anointing him would be told wherever the gospel is preached – I guess Jesus knew (and perhaps even decided here?) that this event would be written and handed down through all generations!
Michelle Thomas
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm
blueletterbible.org is also pretty helpful too!
D.J Daza
July 4th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Which free editions on E-sword are best to have anyone reccomend any
Matt Saunders
July 7th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Today the complete Codex Sinaiticus – the earliest full copy we have of the NT – has been put online at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org . It’s been photographed at such a high resolution that you can zoom in and see more detail than you would if you could hold it up to your face! The site is not working too well today, as there are so many visitors, but it’s something every follower of Jesus should see, even if “it’s all Greek” to you.
Speaking of which – I thought I’d kept my Greek fairly current since Mattersey – but the difficulty I had making sense of this has made it clear what a debt we owe to the scholars who work with the text at this level.