Bible Study Tools

Icons highlight notes of special interest in the areas of character study, archaeology, and personal application. Simply put, you won’t find study notes as complete, up-to-date, helpful, and easy to use anywhere else. And the benefits build from there. Like no other Bible, the Zondervan NIV Study Bible places an entire resource library for Bible study in your hands. Over 6 million people have made it their study Bible of choice. Make it yours as well. It’s one choice you’ll always be glad you made.

Special Features:

• Over 20,000 study notes
• Icons make important information easy to spot
  • 900 character profile icons
  • 425 archaeology icons
  • Nearly 3,000 personal application icons
• Book Introductions and outlines
• In-text maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations
• 16 pages of full color maps
• Timelines
• Presentation page
• Words of Christ in red
• NIV concordance
• Subject and study notes indexes
• 8 Point Text
• 7 Point Notes
• 9 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ x 1 3/4″
• Hardcover

The Strong’s Concordance is a complete list of every word in the King James Version Bible. Each word is followed by a complete list of references where the word can be found.

This exhaustive Strong’s is enhanced with easy to read type, full Bible book names, definitions and pronunciations for proper names, the words of Christ shaded in gray, a complete topical index, and concise Hebrew & Aramaic and Greek dictionaries. The entries are subdivided and defined when words have more than one meaning. This commentary is based on the King James Version of the Bible and is a great reference tool to have on your shelf!

Special Features include charts of:

• The Laws of the Bible
• The Teachings and Illustrations of Christ
• The Jewish Calendar
• List of the Jewish Feasts
• Monies and Weights
• Measures of Length, Dry and Liquid Measures
• Harmony of the Gospels
• Prophecies of the Messiah Fulfilled in Jesus Christ
• The Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ
• Prayers of the Bible
• Old Testament Chronology

Designed for teachers, both for adults and children, this commentary is broken up into teachable sections, and includes helpful ideas on how to teach any passage of the Bible. It asks and answers questions like:

• What does this passage teach?
• How can I make this truth plain?
• What is the best way to help students apply this teaching?
• What is God saying to me in this passage?
• What is the context of the passage? (how the passage fits with what is before and after it)
• Where can I find other passages which develop this theme?
• How can I make the teaching interesting and interactive for students?
• How can I help students really understand?

W.A. Criswell calls this commentary a “succinct insight into the Scriptures” and urges churches to “get one for every teacher in your Sunday school.”

Overview of The Bible Teacher’s Commentary by Lawrence Richards:

• A one-volume look at the entire Bible from a teaching perspective
• Theologically conservative
• Uses the New International Version (NIV) predominantly, but also quotes extensively from the New American Standard (NASB), the King James Version (KVJ), the Living Bible (TLB), and The New Testament in Modern English, by J.B. Phillips
• A section-by-section exposition of themes and background, with an emphasis on teaching
• Non-technical (no knowledge of Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic necessary)
• Defines key biblical and theological terms and references the Victor Bible Knowledge Commentary for more in-depth study
• Geared for Bible teachers at all levels

If your translation of choice is the New International Version (NIV), and if you appreciate The Message for the freshness and insight it brings to your reading of the Bible, then you’ll love the NIV/The Message Parallel Bible. Setting the NIV and the new Numbered Edition of The Message together for the first times ever, this Bible allows you to instantly compare today’s most read, most trusted modern translation and Eugene Peterson’s best-selling paraphrase verse by verse. Features: the clarity, accuracy, and trustworthiness of the NIV. A careful union of word-by-word and thought-for-thought translational approaches, the NIV is today’s foremost modern translation, used by scholars, pastors, students, and Bible readers across the world. The story-like flow and penetrating insights of The Message, now in the Numbered Edition, including all chapter and verse numbers. The Message is treasured by countless Christians for the way its contemporary language illuminates and ageless truths. Hardcover with dust jacket.Features:

• 8 point type
• Double-column format
• Translation/textual notes (NIV)
• Table of Weights & Measures
• Dust Jacket
• Hardcover
• 6^1/2″ x 9^1/2″ x 1^5/8″

Most one-volume editions of Matthew Henry’s Commentary have been abridged or rewritten. This edition boasts the entire text of the original multi-volume commentary. Henry’s succinct chapter summaries and helpful outlines are included; only the KJV text is omitted to save space. Roman numerals are changed to Arabic, and Greek and Hebrew words are transliterated. This commentary follows a a section-by-section format and is based on the KJV.

Matthew Henry (1662-1714) has been known and loved for three centuries for his devotional commentary on the Bible. He was also a distinguished preacher. He began preaching at twenty-four years old and held pastorates until his death. The greatness of his sermons consists in their scriptural content, lucid presentation, practical application, and Christ-centeredness.