Life Application Study Bible, KJV - Tyndale House

1 LifeAPPLICATION Study BibleTyndale House Publishers, Stream, IllinoisKINGJAMESVERSIONPERSONAL SIZEV isit Tyndale 's exciting Web site at House Publishers gratefully acknowledges the role of Youth for Christ/USA in preparing theLife Application Notes and bible bible text used in this edition of theLife Application Study Bibleis theHoly Bible, king james Application Study Biblecopyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2004 by Tyndale HousePublishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois, 60188. All rights , life Application ,andLeatherLikeare registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers, a trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, and bible Helps copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2004 by Tyndale House Publishers,Inc. New Testament Notes and bible Helps copyright 1986 owned by assignment by Tyndale HousePublishers, Inc.

2 Harmony of the Gospels copyright 1986 by james C. Galvin. Maps in text copyright 1986, 1988 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Tyndale HousePublishers, and revisions of all life Application materials, the article on the period between the Old andNew Testaments, and the articles inA Christian Worker's Resourcewere produced by The the iLumina logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers, Gold: Starter Edition CD-ROMcopyright 2004 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rightsreserved. Unauthorized reproduction is and software programming copyright by Visual Book Productions, Inc. Written content foriLumina Gold,copyright 2003 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. See credits page in the Help systemof the software program for other copyright information, including copyright information on photographsand third party software.

3 Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporationin the United States and/or other countries. Mac and QuickTime are registered trademarks of AppleComputer. Macromedia is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. Portions of code are copyright 1999 2003,used under license by Interpretation New Media, and cross-references copyright 2004 by Tyndale House Publishers, rights maps copyright 1996 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights presentation pages copyright 2006 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights illustrations copyright 2004 by Tracy Walker. All rights bible is typeset in the typefaceLucerna,designed by Brian Sooy & Co. exclusively for Tyndale HousePublishers, Inc. All rights : 978-1-4143-1418-1 ISBN-10: 1-4143-1418-3 HardcoverISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1419-8 ISBN-10: 1-4143-1419-1 SoftcoverISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1420-4 ISBN-10: 1-4143-1420-5 LeatherLike Brown/TanISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1421-1 ISBN-10: 1-4143-1421-3 LeatherLike Navy/BlackPrinted in Italy13 12 11 10 09 08 077654321 CONTENTSviiList of the Books of the BibleixPublisher s PrefacexiEpistle DedicatoryxiiiContributorsxivA Chronology of bible Events and World EventsxvWhy theLife Application Study BibleIs UniquexviiWhat Is Application ?

4 XixFeatures of theLife Application Study Bible1 The Old Testament548A Harmony of the Books of Kings and Chronicles1323 The Time between the Old and New Testaments1327 The New Testament1593 Messianic Prophecies and Fulfillments1594 The Parables of Jesus1595A Harmony of the Gospels1599A Comparison of the Four Gospels1600 Jesus Miracles1642 Maps of Paul s Journeys1973A Christian Worker s Resource1987 Table of Weights and Measures1989365-Day Reading Plan1993 Abbreviations in the Index to Notes1995 Index to Notes2093 Index to Charts2097 Index to Maps2099 Index to Personality Profiles2101 Dictionary/ConcordanceLIST OF THEBOOKS OF THE BIBLEThe Old Testament2 GENESIS90 EXODUS149 LEVITICUS189 NUMBERS250 DEUTERONOMY298 JOSHUA336 JUDGES382 RUTH3921 SAMUEL4492 SAMUEL4961 KINGS5522 KINGS6031 CHRONICLES6442 CHRONICLES698 EZRA718 NEHEMIAH743 ESTHER759 JOB802 PSALMS917 PROVERBS962 ECCLESIASTES976 SONG OF SOLOMON984 ISAIAH1057 JEREMIAH1129 LAMENTATIONS1137 EZEKIEL1200 DANIEL1226 HOSEA1243 JOEL1249 AMOS1260 OBADIAH1264 JONAH1271 MICAH1280 NAHUM1285 HABAKKUK1290 ZEPHANIAH1297 HAGGAI1301 ZECHARIAH1316 MALACHIThe New Testament1328 MATTHEW1404 MARK1459 LUKE1536 JOHN1602 ACTS1680 ROMANS17111 CORINTHIANS17422 CORINTHIANS1763 GALATIANS1778 EPHESIANS1792 PHILIPPIANS1802 COLOSSIANS18151 THESSALONIANS18242 THESSALONIANS18301 TIMOTHY18412 TIMOTHY1849 TITUS1855 PHILEMON1859 HEBREWS1884 JAMES18951 PETER19072 PETER19131 JOHN19242 JOHN19273 JOHN1930 JUDE1934 REVELATIONPUBLISHER S PREFACE TO THEAUTHORIZED king james VERSIONTYNDALE PARAGRAPHED EDITIONT raditionally.

5 The king james version has been typeset by treating each verse as an individ-ual paragraph. This practice, though of long tradition, did not originate with the originalbiblical texts. In fact, the original texts were not divided by verse numbers at all. The num-bers were inserted in late medieval times to facilitate Study and discussion. So for an Englishtranslation, the paragraph divisions in many cases should not be located at the verse breaks,but at locations that set apart the larger (or sometimes, smaller) meaning units that consti-tute a modern English paragraph. Such paragraphs group together appropriate sections ofthe text to help readers better grasp the meaning of a recent English translations have followed the rules of paragraphing defined by stan-dard writing in English, grouping appropriate content into meaningful units.

6 It is these samegeneral principles that have guided the paragraphing of this edition of the king james Ver-sion. It should be noted that the practice of publishing paragraphed editions of the KJV is notnew. TheCambridge Paragraph Bible, the most notable such edition, was published in paragraphed text has appeared in various editions during the last century and is still inprint today. However, the paragraphs set in the 1873 edition are often so long that they makethe KJV text more difficult to follow rather than Paragraph Biblealso does not always follow our contemporary rules forparagraphing. For example, in narrative sections it often lumps multiple speakers togetherwithin a single paragraph. Contemporary style normally sets a paragraph break when thespeaker in a narrative changes. The Tyndale paragraphed edition of the KJV, along with mostcontemporary translations, follows the more contemporary rules, resulting in paragraphsthat are shorter and easier to , we will state the essential paragraphing principles used for this king james editionand the punctuation adjustments that go with them.

7 But before listing these principles, itshould be emphasized that this edition preserves the standard wording of the king JamesVersion throughout. The paragraph breaks for this edition of the KJV were determined by means of severalprinciples. We looked to the tradition of theCambridge Paragraph bible (1873) as astarting point. Where it reflected contemporary paragraphing principles, we assumedtheir breaks. But when the paragraphs became unwieldy in length or grouped numer-ous speakers together, we broke the paragraphs down into smaller, more contemporaryunits. In narrative sections, each change in speaker is set off by a new paragraph. Thiscan result in dividing single verses into more than one paragraph, but more oftenresults in grouping verses together. The consequent paragraphs are similar in lengthand character to those found in most contemporary English translations.

8 In lengthy poetic passages, theCambridge Paragraph bible (1873) breaks each verseinto multiple poetic lines. We chose, however, to maintain the traditional verse-by-verse paragraphing throughout these sections. So throughout the poetic sections,including Job, Psalms, and many sections of the prophets, each verse appears as anindividual paragraph, with its standard initial capital letter and traditional closingpunctuation. In Psalms, the text will appear as it does in all traditional editions of theKing james version . In the traditional king james text, each verse opens with a capital letter, without regardto the final punctuation of the previous verse. This makes sense when each verse isbeing set as an individual paragraph. But when verses are run into paragraph group-ings, each verse s initial capital letter is maintained only if the previous verse endswith a period.

9 This follows the punctuation standards set by the KJV text in general:all colons, semicolons, and commas are followed by a lower case letter. The traditional punctuation of the king james text has been maintained, except fora few rare occasions when it was appropriate to end a paragraph after a verse that didnot end with a period. In such cases, the closing colon or semicolon was replaced bya period. In extended poetic sections where the traditional verse breaks have beenmaintained, the initial capital letter and traditional punctuation have also been PRAYER is that this paragraphed edition of the king james version will provide con-temporary readers with a bible text that is easy to follow and that accurately preserves thehistoric text of the Authorized king james DEDICATORY FOR THEAUTHORIZED king james VERSIONTO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCEJAMESBY THE GRACE OF GODKING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELANDDEFENDER OF THE FAITH, & Translators of the bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peacethrough JESUS CHRIST our LordGREAT and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which Almighty God, the Fa-ther of all mercies, bestowed upon us the people ofEngland.

10 When first he sent Your Ma-jesty s Royal Person to rule and reign over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many,who wished not well unto ourSion,that upon the setting of that brightOccidental Star,QueenElizabethof most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness wouldso have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt which way they wereto walk; and that it should hardly be known, who was to direct the unsettled State; the ap-pearance of Your Majesty, as of theSunin his strength, instantly dispelled those supposedand surmised mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort;especially when we beheld the Government established in Your Highness, and Your hopefulSeed, by an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied with peace and tranquility at homeand among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts, than the blessed con-tinuance of the preaching of God s sacred Word among us; which is that inestimable treasure,which excelleth all the riches of the earth.