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Look inside popular Bibles, handbooks, and other guides. Some items in this list might surprise you!

We have posts on interlinears, gospel harmonies, topical Bibles, the Passion Translation, maps, and more.

We offer quite a few translations for free in our app and on our website. Make sure to take a look at those and all the other free resources we offer. You’ll find not only translations like the KJV, ESV, and NIV, but also commentaries and dictionaries. It isn’t too difficult to build a good library in the Olive Tree Bible App.

Bibles

The Benefits of a Harmony of the Gospels

Have you ever wanted to read the entire life of Jesus in chronological order? Well, that’s exactly what the Olive Tree Harmony of the Gospels does for you. We’ve taken the four Gospels in the New Testament and arranged all 250 events of Jesus’ life in chronological order. While no…

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What Does the Old Testament Teach Us About God?

The Old Testament covers a significant amount of time and describes essential events for us to understand. From Creation to the Fall, from the Flood to the Tower of Babel, from the Exodus to the Conquest, from the Monarchy to the Divided Kingdom, from the Exile to the Return from…

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Bible Study Tips

Delivered Over and Betrayed

I was recently preaching through the last section of Matthew’s gospel and made an important discovery. I discovered that Matthew uses the same word fifteen times in 26:2–27:26. The word is παραδίδωμι and the Legacy Standard Bible translates it as “deliver” or “betray.” Let me walk you through how I…

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Look Inside: Legacy Standard Bible

It reads like something one would encounter in a modern-day spy novel; a kidnapping heist designed to whisk away a wanted man to a secret location, hired thieves smuggled Martin Luther to Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms in 1521. While in hiding and under a new identity (Junker…

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Look Inside: Berean Standard Bible

After a midnight escape from hostile Jews in Thessalonica, Paul and Silas arrived in Berea and encountered a synagogue of Jews who were more receptive to their message that Jesus is the Christ. This is where we find the well-known verse, “Now these Jews were more noble than those in…

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Look Inside: The Expanded Bible

Expanded Bible Look Inside

Biblical translation is a difficult job. Behind every new or updated translation of the Bible is a team of faithful individuals representing hundreds of hours carefully agonizing about getting each word, thought, and idea across in the most coherent and respectful way they can (and inevitably catching hate for various…

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Look Inside: NKJV Reverse Interlinear

We are always on the lookout for titles that will help people read and study the Bible. We have had Greek Interlinears in our apps for some time and added our first Hebrew Interlinear recently. After we launched our Hebrew Interlinear, we took a step back and started to think…

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NET Bible on Olive Tree
Bibles

NET Bible – Everything You Need to Know

So, maybe you’ve never heard of the NET Bible. That’s okay, but it’s definitely time to learn! Impressively, the NET Bible existed online before any other free online Bible study website. It existed before Google, Facebook, eBay, and Amazon. In fact, there wasn’t a modern English translation online at all.…

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Barbour Bible Reference Companion – Look Inside!

Barbour Bible Reference Companion

This tool is an all-in-one resource for Bible study! Get quick, concise help as you read the Bible. Here’s how with the Barbour Bible Reference Companion. Watch & Learn about the Barbour Bible Reference Companion Watch the video below to look inside this easy-to-use tool. Or, keep scrolling to learn…

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