5 star = It was great!
4 star = It was good
3 star = It's okay
2 star = It was bad!
1 star = It was terrible!
This book was terrible because it is highly inaccurate - the chronological order, while attempting to be chronological, it is not chronologically accurate at all! There are so many errors in the placement of the verses that it makes this bible unreadable!
Examples:
John 1:29-2:11 is about the events of 3 days in a row but somehow the publisher inserted Jesus' 40 days/40nights in the desert being tempted by Satan in between the 3 days, breaking them apart. The publisher took the Day 1 of John 1:29-34 and moved it before the 40 days and 40 nights, while he placed the Day 2 and Day 3 of John 1:35-2:11 after Jesus' temptation in the desert. In this context, the passages make no timeline sense.
Mark 1:16-20 a story about Jesus calling his disciples "fishers of men" is inserted into the wrong place - also inserted between the 3 days of John 1:35-2:11, illogically breaking them up.
John the Baptist's death is inserted too early in this bible's timeline. In fact, the publisher put it right after the verses that say "John was not in Prison yet" (John 3:24). John 4:1-46 explain how Jesus and John the Baptist were both baptizing and how some men started comparing the two, so when Jesus learned of this comparison, He left Judea and headed back to Galilee, through Samaria, where he stopped for two days (John 4:40, 43). This is where he met the Samaritan woman with the 5 husbands. But the publisher takes the verses from Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17, Luke 4:14-15 (where Jesus hears that John the Baptist is put into prison, and THIS IS THE REASON WHY Jesus decides to return to Galilee) and the publisher inserts this story in between the 2 days where Jesus was staying in Samaria. This makes no sense at all. The way this NIV bible reads, Jesus now has two conflicting reasons to head back to Galilee and after he returned to Galilee in Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17, Luke 4:14-15, SUDDENLY he is returning to Galilee again (although he has never left) after two days. This is so silly! How can Jesus be in Galilee, then after two days, return to Galilee again when he never left Galilee in the first place?
As you can see by these examples, this NIV bible is completely filled with errors in chronological order, to the point that the book itself makes no sense and is unreadable. The stories don't flow correctly geographically and timewise. They loose and add days by moving verses around. They also make Jesus skip from one town to another instantly, when in real life, these cities are many miles apart and it takes many days to travel from one city to the next.
INSTEAD OF THIS BOOK... Buy the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. The chronological order is much MUCH sounder (although still not perfect).
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Since I love to read, a friend of mine suggested I start a book blog. Remember, my book reviews will be honest and critical. I will include info about the authors and the author's religious views, beliefs and denomination (if known). So here it is! I hope you enjoy it!
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