I realize this is very late, but if it helps anyone who may come here looking for recommendations, the gel highlighters WILL bleed through the page eventually - especially the pink/red ones. They didn't at first, but when I went back into my Bible a few months after highlighting with the gel highlighters, it had completely bled through and it was just as dark on the backside as it was on the front. I use Mildliners or the Uni Propus highlighters. They tend to bleed the least, but they're both super wet and take a few seconds to dry.
My favorite highlighters are the Frixion erasable highlighters. They come in several different colors, do not leak through even thin Bible pages, and are completely erasable in case you change your mind about what you want to highlight. 🙂
When I highlight, I use a good quality artist's quality colored pencil. I use the Faber-Castell Poly chromos pencils and get a lot of pigment but without a lot of wax which might make it smear. And, it never ghosts, let alone bleeds through.
Good video. I settled on the same highlighter that you did . Here is something really funny . I saw your video and noticed that your Zebra had two ends and I thought I should get that type. Then I looked at mine and noticed the fine tip lol 😂 I won’t say how long I had mine. Blessings
I used to underline, but I've found that when I'm using my Bible to show something to someone, that a highlighter is better than underlining. So, for the Bible I carry into the prison, I highlight. and I also found the yellow Zebright is the best.
I recommend the Sharpie Clear View highlighters. I’ve been using them for right at a month now, and they have been great. I used to use the Mr Pen highlighters. Though you cannot use a pen over them. I liked them at first, but with them messing up my pigma microns, wrinkling the pages, some colors with some highlights bleeding through (eventually), and also highlights on the other side of the page being effected by the one on the other side. They were pretty good, but I would highly recommend the Sharpie clear view highlighters over a dry gel highlighter. They can bleed a little, but the trick is, when you stop highlighting the line, the little dot at the end just swipe back into the highlight so it doesn’t smear, nor bleed. They have worked real good 😃. The Sharpie Art Pens, and of course, Pigma Micron Pens, are fantastic for small notes, or underlines.
I had good success with ACCU-Gel Bible Hi-Gliders. I also found that after hi-lighting, wiping the highlight and rubbing it slightly into the paper with your finger evens out the highlight and dries it so it doesn't cause a mark on the other page. Similar to glue sticks, sometimes chunks of the gel highlighter crumble on to the page and need to be wiped off. Not being too heavy handed is something I would recommend when using the gel highlighters too. Overtime the Accu-gel highlights really blend nicely into the paper. Thanks for you edifying videos!
I know this is about three years after the video posted, but I wanted to share my experience. I have tried just about every highlighter on the market. I’ve spent lots of money to find some thing that I was satisfied with. I decided to use colored pencils and crayons. I found a pencil sharpener that lets you Sharpen rounded edge on the lead rather than a point and tend to keep my crayons at a rounded tip as well. I have had no issues with shadowing or bleed through like I did with all of the highlighters and markers even those specifically made for Bibles.
I loved your video. I'm a new subscriber and so excited to find your channel! My bible looks like a rainbow 🌈 of colors and side notes 📝 haha. I can remember back when I was a little girl (a few years ago) haha our parents NEVER ALLOWED US TO WRITE IN OUR BIBLE. It was like the 11th commandment lol. And all my friends parents were the same way. For me highlighting and notes is how I learned the bible. Have a blessed day sir 🙏
Thanks for the incredibly useful video - AND comments. Based on both, I was wavering between the Zebrights and Mr. Pen. Mr. Pen had less bleed-though, but the Zebrights were less tacky. It seems that, after a bit of drying time, the tackiness goes away, so I just placed an order for Mr. Pens in Yellow, Orange and Green for my new bible. This is one of the most helpful videos I have come across. Thanks again!!!
I am using the Zebrite on the recommendation of a MNTG Student and also Frixion pens which I like ALOT. Your video provides a lot of very good information and I think having the Mr. Pen's would also be a good solution in some cases. Thanks for another excellent review.
Have to admit I used a "bible" highlighter and it bled through the page and was so mad at myself for doing that. Wish I had seen your video before I did that. I ended up buying a different bible just to write in the margins and has thicker paper so I can really mark it up without it bleeding through.
I wonder what would happen to those gels if you left your bible in a hot car. Yep no Gels for me. In fact I don't think I will be highlighting in my new $200 bible at all. Micron .03 notes perhaps. Those Zebrites look the best for highlighting or Frixion color pens maybe. Again those could disappear in a hot car. The gels may melt and stick your pages into a mess in hot climates.
Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it. Have you found any pens that are worth investing in. I do a lot of underlining with notes in margins/journal Bible. Wondering if you’ve done video on pens. Thanks.
THank you for this video. I was looking for an erasable highlighter... maybe a supplemental video you could do. There aren't many on Amazon. I was gonna buy PILOT FriXion Erasable Highlighters which are advertised as non-bleed thru but in the demo video look very watery... and also a gel set from DiverseBee Bible Highlighters (really liked the colors - Earthy) but the reviews said they were like a soft crayon. Did you come across those?
Great video. Too bad the zebrites don’t have any orange. The mr pen is great but another challenge is writing with pen on top of the greasy gel. Pen first then highlighter. Also, mr pen dries and you will no longer feel residue after a day or so
@@BiblicalStudiesandReviews in addition to the colors you previously mentioned, how many more colors do I need for your gospel color code? So far I have yellow, blue, Orange, dark Green
100 years from now someone is going to come across this Bible and spend countless hours trying to figure out the significance of the highlighted blocks of text.
Awesome test. I'm testing some highlighters that we have available in my country for one of my Bibles. Brother, can you share resources on learning greek and hebrew? Recently I found a tyndale theological seminary. They have open campus which is free and also certificate programs that can be taken for biblical languages. Ofc they have masters and phds, but they might be good for learning languages only if needed. Do you have any thoughts on that university?
@@mirjanabosnjak8064 well I don’t know much about Tyndale Theological Seminary. If it’s totally free, it might be worth trying. The best book for learning Greek on your own right now, in my opinion is this one amzn.to/3njidca. If you want support learning Greek from a teacher and a community the very best program is this one: www.google.com/amp/s/masterntgreek.com/%3famp At a minimum, I would recommend getting the book I linked to above. It’s about $35 but it basically has everything you need to learn Greek including links to free videos. My Hebrew isn’t good enough to make any real good recommendations there.
I may be old-fashioned, but never ever would it come to my mind to mishandle a decent book with a highlighter, let alone a precious Bible, the Word of God. For me it's utter barbarism. A small vertical line in the margin, and only with a pencil, that's all that should be permitted. There are so many other and more decent ways to take notes, to underline, to memorize passages than using a highlighter. My two cents.
Thanks Paul! I can understand that. I haven’t brought myself to use a highlighter in my new Mahogany Calfskin bible yet. I think the paper quality will make some difference as to whether someone might feel comfortable using one. My Cambridge Concord wide margin is only highlighted with color pencils. So I can totally understand your reservations.
Paul I think it would be wise to understand that people learn differently and what may be good for you may not work for others. The book itself has no value if the person using it isn't getting anything from it. If using a highlighter allows God's word to be learned and understood better than what malice is in that? Please try not to be so quick to judge others and how they learn the message of God. At the end of the day we both know that God knows what is in a man or woman's heart and he can tell if someone is drawing in His book for malice or to better understand and learn His word. Please be cautious to not display the righteousness and pride that the pharisses displayed which prevented them from seeing the truth. We are all naked and fall short
@@bornknightmare2998 good afternoon. I was reading through some comments and before I read this I had stated that when I was a little girl it was like taboo to write in our bible. My friends parents were the same exact way. I said it was like the 11th commandment in our house haha. Today I'm 52 and my parents are 79. We all attend church together and we all use highlighters and pens in our bibles. But I remember the very first time I wrote in it. I almost felt guilty ! I think it was just the times we were living in. I can tell you one thing though. Once I started highlighting and making little notes was when I felt like I was really learning and understanding His word 💖 have a blessed day
I realize this is very late, but if it helps anyone who may come here looking for recommendations, the gel highlighters WILL bleed through the page eventually - especially the pink/red ones. They didn't at first, but when I went back into my Bible a few months after highlighting with the gel highlighters, it had completely bled through and it was just as dark on the backside as it was on the front. I use Mildliners or the Uni Propus highlighters. They tend to bleed the least, but they're both super wet and take a few seconds to dry.
The pink is really bad about bleeding through after a while 😪
My favorite highlighters are the Frixion erasable highlighters. They come in several different colors, do not leak through even thin Bible pages, and are completely erasable in case you change your mind about what you want to highlight. 🙂
Just want to let you know that those highlighters can tend to lighten the words of your Bible with time if you erase them.
@@rudisroutine7525 Thanks for mentioning this. I've not noticed that in my Bible, but it’s good to know that it may happen on some prints or papers.
When I highlight, I use a good quality artist's quality colored pencil. I use the Faber-Castell Poly chromos pencils and get a lot of pigment but without a lot of wax which might make it smear. And, it never ghosts, let alone bleeds through.
Good video. I settled on the same highlighter that you did . Here is something really funny . I saw your video and noticed that your Zebra had two ends and I thought I should get that type. Then I looked at mine and noticed the fine tip lol 😂 I won’t say how long I had mine.
Blessings
Thanks Bill. Haha too funny!
I used to underline, but I've found that when I'm using my Bible to show something to someone, that a highlighter is better than underlining. So, for the Bible I carry into the prison, I highlight. and I also found the yellow Zebright is the best.
That’s awesome! You are doing a good work, brother! The prison community needs the gospel like everyone else.
I recommend the Sharpie Clear View highlighters. I’ve been using them for right at a month now, and they have been great. I used to use the Mr Pen highlighters. Though you cannot use a pen over them. I liked them at first, but with them messing up my pigma microns, wrinkling the pages, some colors with some highlights bleeding through (eventually), and also highlights on the other side of the page being effected by the one on the other side. They were pretty good, but I would highly recommend the Sharpie clear view highlighters over a dry gel highlighter.
They can bleed a little, but the trick is, when you stop highlighting the line, the little dot at the end just swipe back into the highlight so it doesn’t smear, nor bleed. They have worked real good 😃.
The Sharpie Art Pens, and of course, Pigma Micron Pens, are fantastic for small notes, or underlines.
I had good success with ACCU-Gel Bible Hi-Gliders. I also found that after hi-lighting, wiping the highlight and rubbing it slightly into the paper with your finger evens out the highlight and dries it so it doesn't cause a mark on the other page. Similar to glue sticks, sometimes chunks of the gel highlighter crumble on to the page and need to be wiped off. Not being too heavy handed is something I would recommend when using the gel highlighters too. Overtime the Accu-gel highlights really blend nicely into the paper. Thanks for you edifying videos!
I know this is about three years after the video posted, but I wanted to share my experience. I have tried just about every highlighter on the market. I’ve spent lots of money to find some thing that I was satisfied with. I decided to use colored pencils and crayons. I found a pencil sharpener that lets you Sharpen rounded edge on the lead rather than a point and tend to keep my crayons at a rounded tip as well. I have had no issues with shadowing or bleed through like I did with all of the highlighters and markers even those specifically made for Bibles.
I use a fine mechanical pencil to add notes in margins. I can edit them anytime.
Smart!
I loved your video. I'm a new subscriber and so excited to find your channel! My bible looks like a rainbow 🌈 of colors and side notes 📝 haha. I can remember back when I was a little girl (a few years ago) haha our parents NEVER ALLOWED US TO WRITE IN OUR BIBLE. It was like the 11th commandment lol. And all my friends parents were the same way. For me highlighting and notes is how I learned the bible. Have a blessed day sir 🙏
Thanks for subscribing! I hope you find this channel useful! That’s funny about your parents. Blessings!
Mr. Pen has a lot of Bible marking products...all good.
Thank you so much for such a very informative video; very helpful !
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the incredibly useful video - AND comments. Based on both, I was wavering between the Zebrights and Mr. Pen. Mr. Pen had less bleed-though, but the Zebrights were less tacky. It seems that, after a bit of drying time, the tackiness goes away, so I just placed an order for Mr. Pens in Yellow, Orange and Green for my new bible. This is one of the most helpful videos I have come across. Thanks again!!!
Awesome! Glad it was helpful! Blessings!
I am using the Zebrite on the recommendation of a MNTG Student and also Frixion pens which I like ALOT. Your video provides a lot of very good information and I think having the Mr. Pen's would also be a good solution in some cases. Thanks for another excellent review.
Thanks brother!
Have to admit I used a "bible" highlighter and it bled through the page and was so mad at myself for doing that. Wish I had seen your video before I did that. I ended up buying a different bible just to write in the margins and has thicker paper so I can really mark it up without it bleeding through.
I’m going to try the zbrite no gel, thanks for the video and all comments
Hope they work well for you!
Im using the gel types and it also shows at the back still i will try erasable i guess... thank you for this video
I wonder what would happen to those gels if you left your bible in a hot car. Yep no Gels for me. In fact I don't think I will be highlighting in my new $200 bible at all. Micron .03 notes perhaps. Those Zebrites look the best for highlighting or Frixion color pens maybe. Again those could disappear in a hot car. The gels may melt and stick your pages into a mess in hot climates.
Sharpie Art Pen is the best!!!
Haven’t tried that one yet! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it. Have you found any pens that are worth investing in. I do a lot of underlining with notes in margins/journal Bible. Wondering if you’ve done video on pens. Thanks.
My favorite pen so far is amzn.to/32JPOT5. I haven’t done a video on them. But I suspect they would be tough to beat. Thanks for watching!
THank you for this video. I was looking for an erasable highlighter... maybe a supplemental video you could do. There aren't many on Amazon. I was gonna buy PILOT FriXion Erasable Highlighters which are advertised as non-bleed thru but in the demo video look very watery... and also a gel set from DiverseBee Bible Highlighters (really liked the colors - Earthy) but the reviews said they were like a soft crayon. Did you come across those?
I haven’t run across that. Thank you for the video suggestion
I use the bible highlighter brand gel the sticky goes away it also depends on how much you apply.
Great video. Too bad the zebrites don’t have any orange. The mr pen is great but another challenge is writing with pen on top of the greasy gel. Pen first then highlighter. Also, mr pen dries and you will no longer feel residue after a day or so
Ahh great point
@@BiblicalStudiesandReviews in addition to the colors you previously mentioned, how many more colors do I need for your gospel color code? So far I have yellow, blue, Orange, dark
Green
Will there be ghosting and bleed-through if you first prepare
the page with transparent gesso ?
100 years from now someone is going to come across this Bible and spend countless hours trying to figure out the significance of the highlighted blocks of text.
Hahahahaha! “What system of highlighting was he doing?”
Obviously he was a left page upper righthand Yellowist 😂
Blessings
the tacky feel does eventually dry. That's the one I use
Awesome test. I'm testing some highlighters that we have available in my country for one of my Bibles. Brother, can you share resources on learning greek and hebrew?
Recently I found a tyndale theological seminary. They have open campus which is free and also certificate programs that can be taken for biblical languages. Ofc they have masters and phds, but they might be good for learning languages only if needed. Do you have any thoughts on that university?
Is your goal solely to learn the languages? Are you concerned about earning a degree? Or would you like to do both?
@@BiblicalStudiesandReviews just to learn languages, degree doesn't matter
@@mirjanabosnjak8064 well I don’t know much about Tyndale Theological Seminary. If it’s totally free, it might be worth trying. The best book for learning Greek on your own right now, in my opinion is this one amzn.to/3njidca.
If you want support learning Greek from a teacher and a community the very best program is this one: www.google.com/amp/s/masterntgreek.com/%3famp
At a minimum, I would recommend getting the book I linked to above. It’s about $35 but it basically has everything you need to learn Greek including links to free videos.
My Hebrew isn’t good enough to make any real good recommendations there.
@@BiblicalStudiesandReviews wow brother, I never heard of these resources. For sure I'll get this book! Thanks so much brother!!
@@mirjanabosnjak8064 anytime. If you need any help, just let me know.
The tackiness of gel highlighters go away after a while. At least with the Sharpie it does.
Yes you are right. I found that out and did a follow up video. Thanks!!
Buying a Eraseble highlighters
Interesting! Let us know how they work!
I use Mr. pen, the tackiness does go away.
I may be old-fashioned, but never ever would it come to my mind to mishandle a decent book with a highlighter, let alone a precious Bible, the Word of God. For me it's utter barbarism. A small vertical line in the margin, and only with a pencil, that's all that should be permitted. There are so many other and more decent ways to take notes, to underline, to memorize passages than using a highlighter. My two cents.
Thanks Paul! I can understand that. I haven’t brought myself to use a highlighter in my new Mahogany Calfskin bible yet. I think the paper quality will make some difference as to whether someone might feel comfortable using one. My Cambridge Concord wide margin is only highlighted with color pencils. So I can totally understand your reservations.
Paul I think it would be wise to understand that people learn differently and what may be good for you may not work for others. The book itself has no value if the person using it isn't getting anything from it. If using a highlighter allows God's word to be learned and understood better than what malice is in that? Please try not to be so quick to judge others and how they learn the message of God. At the end of the day we both know that God knows what is in a man or woman's heart and he can tell if someone is drawing in His book for malice or to better understand and learn His word. Please be cautious to not display the righteousness and pride that the pharisses displayed which prevented them from seeing the truth. We are all naked and fall short
@@bornknightmare2998 good afternoon. I was reading through some comments and before I read this I had stated that when I was a little girl it was like taboo to write in our bible. My friends parents were the same exact way. I said it was like the 11th commandment in our house haha. Today I'm 52 and my parents are 79. We all attend church together and we all use highlighters and pens in our bibles. But I remember the very first time I wrote in it. I almost felt guilty ! I think it was just the times we were living in. I can tell you one thing though. Once I started highlighting and making little notes was when I felt like I was really learning and understanding His word 💖 have a blessed day