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Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 324:

"The Calvinist orientation of this translation has led many to assert that it was the favored Bible among puritans in England and New England, but an examination of Bible ownership and the actual words cited in sermons and recorded in sermon notes would indicate that this is an exaggeration."

An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, p. 92:

"Within fifty years of its introduction, the King James Bible had replaced the Geneva Bible as the most popular version of the Bible in English. Nowhere was this more true than in New England, where Puritans were quick to adopt the King James Version over the Geneva Version. Thus, beginning in the 1640s, the King James Version would become the dominant version of the Bible for Protestants in the United States."

 

William Spalding, The History of English Literature:

"Coverdale, Knox, and several others, have been said to have had some share in the work; but three only can positively be named, all of whom were afterwards ministers in the Church of England."

Andrew Edgar, The Bibles of England:

"Coverdale was residing at Geneva at the time, and some writers have claimed for him a share of the honour. Scotsmen have, of course, put in a similar claim on behalf of John Knox. ... Whatever help, if any, was given to this noble work at Geneva by Coverdale and Knox, it seems now to be admitted that the chief credit of the work is due to Whittingham, and that his principle assistants were two Englishmen, named Thomas Sampson and Anthony Gilby."

 

Regardless of who did it, the 1560 Geneva Bible is extremely good in it's flow of wording as well as the doctrinal teachings toward Baptist doctrine and not toward Presbyterian or Episcopalian or C.of E. doctrine. Baptismal regeneration is not supported in the text, like most other versions, and that means a lot to me. I have had multiple discussions with 'church of christ' people and ministers over the 30 years I have been a child of God, and their use of modern versions to support their doctrine of 'works', as well as the KJV basis for teaching their baptismal regeneration trash, is horrendous. As with 'charismatic' believers, you have to use a proper text or they will not believe a word you say. Unlike Baptists, other denoms prefer you show them the text - and that's sad about us Baptists. We prefer to hear a man of God tell us what the scripture says - lazy people.

 

You do understand the notes are from the traditional partial-preterist view?

 

Either the nasb zondervan study bible or the esv study bible

 

Yes but to be specific it has the Zondervan study bible notes. There's two niv study bibles Zondervan has done. There is the niv study bible and the niv zondervan study bible which is more updates and overall just better

 

The NASB has Study notes from a Kenneth Barker lead team. Who also did the NIV Study Bible. The new Zondervan NIV Study Bible is done by a team lead by D.A. Carson.

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Well that sucks

 

Because the Zondervan notes are better imo

 

Yup

 

I agree with this post.

 

Wrong. The ESV SB is quite a bit more detailed than the Zondervan NIV SB.

 

Is the regular esv study Bible (not personal size) maneuverable enough to take to Church?

 

I have carried it multiple...ok hundreds probably.... times.

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