Posted on 12/09/2018 7:38:47 AM PST by Leaning Right
I'm looking for a large-print Bible with a large-print commentary (preferably NKJV). I've seen many large-print Bibles that include a commentary. But the commentary is always in small print. And that kind of defeats the whole purpose.
So if anyone knows of a large-print Bible with a good large-print commentary, please let me know.
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I have the NKJV Life Application Study Bible. It’s good. I’ve looked at alot of Bibles with commentary and this is the best one. Fairly certain it comes in large print.
I have one which is tolerably large but it is at least 50 years old. It should be no problem to find one tho.
Also it is pretty much a necessity to have a “Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance”. I found one in a used book store and had no idea how useful it was until I bought it.
> I have the NKJV Life Application Study Bible. It’s good. <
Thanks for the response. And funny you should mention that. Because I have a copy, and it’s my favorite Bible. The scripture in it is large-print. But the commentary is not.
I’ve tried using a magnifying glass. But that hurts my eyes. So the search continues!
> “Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance” <
Wow! I just checked on Amazon, and that book is available in a large-print edition. I will definitely look into it. Thanks!
And, if you want to be the cool kid in school, there’s the Orthodox Study Bible which uses the NKJV New Testament and as new translation of the Septuagint Old Testament. https://www.christianbook.com/the-orthodox-study-bible-hardcover-edition/9780718003593/pd/003590?event=ESRCG Warning: the study notes might convert you to an ancient form of Christianity.
I’m just saying . . .
As I mentioned in my post #6, I checked Amazon, and they have a large-print version of “Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance”. But many of the one-star reviews mention that the print is too small.
So I’m a bit confused. I wonder if there is more than one version out there, and some folks are mixing them up. I think I’ll call the publisher Monday and see what they have to say.
Check out Jimmy Swaggerts Large print expository bible. I think it may be what you are looking for.
I’m an avid student of the Bible. I study it daily. As time went on, I wanted to go more in depth, which meant checking out all those tiny cross-references. They are invaluable. But I’ve never found them large enough in a Bible that I can read.
That’s why I’ve gone exclusively to online Bibles. You can get almost any version and any commentary. You can set your own font size for both, and best of all, all you need to do is click on a cross-reference and it appears right on the screen in an easy to read font. Right now I’m using the Olive Tree Study Bible App, which is free. You can purchase your favorite Bibles within the app. My personal preference is the ESV Study Bible, but I cut my teeth on the Life Application Bible, which I still love.
E-Books,
The Future.
I am not sure what to say. I just looked it up and was surprised how many versions there are.
Mine is a large hardcover but the print is still fairly small. It just includes every word in the King James Version. That means every word including the and’s and if’s etc.
I may order one of the enhanced versions myself. I have both prescription reading glasses and the one dollar ones in various strengths. No problem reading even small print but I don’t know what your eyes are like of course.
I would recommend buying Olive Tree software and a nice tablet in this day and age.
Olive Tree has made software for managing churches and church schools for decades. They are a mature company and their products work well.
Their Bible Program can be put on desktop machines or most major phone and tablet operating systems with your library shared across multiple devices.
You can customize the appearance pretty much however you might want, and the parallel commentary function will automatically keep a commentary at the same page as the basic text if you want. You can also switch between different translations and different commentaries on the fly.
I have The King James, NKJ, ESV, New Century, HCSV, NASB and Tyndale versions on my account, with commentaries from Ligonier ministries, John MacArthur, Mathew Henry, and J. Vernon McGee.
I have several Bibles on Kindle so they’re very easy to read, both text and commentary. They also allow you to highlight in various colors and search for my added notes and highlights as well as specific words or phrases.
Right now I’m using a hard version because it’s the one my Bible study uses and its not available on Kindle. But I have to use strong readers ans the flashlight on my iPhone.
I have one both in the NKJV and the KJV (my favorite). I believe I found one on eBay a few years back and the other one in a Pentecostal Bible bookstore many years before that we used to have before it closed and went out of business.
Wholeheartedly agree for sure.
Here’s the link for the Olive Tree app. It won’t cost you a penny to check it out. I think they give you a KJV for free.
I’ve also used e-sword and Wordsearch. Both of those are also good, but I like the way Olive Tree looks better.
https://www.olivetree.com/bible-study-apps/
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