15 Kinds of Bible Notes Intelligent Scholars Make!
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- In this video, I am considering 15 different kinds of notes that highly intelligent Bible students, scholars, and pastors make. I hope you learn something from my method here! By the way, this Bible used in this video is the Crossway Large Print Journaling Bible, which you can find here: amzn.to/3Gke017 or slightly cheaper here: amzn.to/2ZpXCet
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*(I saved this video to reference in the future, and also took some NOTES with TIMESTAMPS - I placed them below if they would help anyone else:)*
Dr. Everhard, thank you for this video! I just started on my hardback wide-margin ESV Bible and was struggling on how to best shift from writing a lot of notes in multiple notebooks, to writing succinct notes in a margin (and what to include). The timing and content were perfect! I am now considering going to a Bible like you demonstrated here due to the single-column and larger single margin, but we'll see. *One question I have is in regards to the Subject & Topic Lists (#6) and Parallel Passages (#11): Do you make that note each time those associated passages appear (i.e. for each separate verse that is in that list)?*
*1. BOOK NOTES* (2:52) - Literary / Historical Context of the Biblical book you are in (Time, Geography, major events, themes, etc)
*2. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE MATERIALS* (4:52) - ex. for 1 Cor. 1:18 - "Folly"; Greek Work for Folly here and throughout is moria [mwpia] from which we derive "moron" (recommended "Step Bible" website)
*3. NEW TESTAMENT USAGE OF OLD TESTAMENT* (6:51) - ex. for 1 Cor. 2:9 references Isaiah 64:4.
*4. QUOTATIONS* (8:34) - Quotations from books, great Theologians, etc. - ex. for 1 John 5:21 - "The human mind is a perpetual idol forge." -John Calvin, Institutes 1.11.8
*5. FULFILLED PROPHECIES* (10:11) - Any fulfilled prophecy but especially those involving Christ
*6. SUBJECT & TOPIC LISTS* (11:48) - ex. Key Texts on Human Civil Governments: 1 Sam. 8:10-18, Matt 23:15, 1 Pet. 2:13, Phil 3:20, Acts 4:19, Romans 13. (This will be written by associated verses to refresh the reader/preacher when at that passage)
*7. ACADEMIC CITATIONS* (13:18) - ex. for Rom. 11:23 - See Jonathan Edwards History of Work of Redemption on Jewish Revival, p. 312-313. (References beyond a quote such as #4, includes an entire section of material the reader would wish to refer to again involving the marked topic)
*8. CROSS REFERENCES* (14:48) - ex. for Acts 17:4 - See also 1 Thess 1:5 on the power of the Holy Spirit.
*9. TEXTUAL NOTES* (16:46) - How Biblical Manuscripts may differ in an area; Textus Receptus vs. Critical, etc. Especially important for preaching/speaking when congregation may be using different translations; ex. for for Mark 9:48 - "The Textus Receptus repeats this verse three times as v. 44 and v.46" [NKJV and KJV will have it three times, while ESV will only have it once]
*10. THEOLOGICAL & DOCTRINAL NOTES* (18:47) - ex. for Rom. 8:28-30 - Order Salutis or Order of Salvation: Foreknowledge, Predestination, Effectual Calling, Regeneration, Faith & Repentance, Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Glorification.
*11. PARALLEL PASSAGES* (20:16) - Similar to a topical list, but more of a chain-reference (think Thompson Chain Reference) to leave the reader a "bread crumb" trail to follow as they are studying - ex. for Tim. 1:15 - "Trustworthy Sayings": 1 Tim. 1:15, 1 Tim. 3:1, 1 Tim. 4:9, 2 Tim. 2:11, Titus 3:8.
*12. ALTERNATE TRANSLATIONS* (21:17) - Separate from a Textual Variation (#9) resulting in a translation difference; Alternate Translations shows a different translation, though the texts may have the same word to be translated. "KJV = ex. for Rom. 3:8 - Their "damnation" is just. [noting that the KJV comes across much more strongly/serious with "damnation" vs "condemnation"; good to note when teaching/preaching as to get across the utter seriousness of potentially getting the Gospel wrong in the passage]
*13. HISTORICAL ANECDOTES* (22:42) - Notes marking that the captioned scripture is related to important events in Church History or Christian History. - ex. Rom. 1:17 - This is the text that the Lord used to convert Martin Luther [this in turn sparked the Reformation, one of the greatest revivals of all time]. This may also be used for important preachers, martyrs, etc.
*14. LINKS TO OTHER NOTEBOOKS* (24:17) - More specific to Dr. Everhard and others that may follow a Johnathan Edwards Miscellany type note system. - ex. Rom. 5:10 - See M106 [Miscellany Entry #106] on the enemies of God converted. [For Miscellanies Tutorial: th-cam.com/video/fqq-4-LiFVs/w-d-xo.html ] ; May also reference old sermons/teachings, anecdotes, personal stories, etc.
*15. BACKGROUND INFORMATION* (25:51) - The kinds of things you would not know immediately by reading the text. The background may be secular in nature such as noting that a particular quote/reference is from an ancient philosopher, poet, etc. - ex. Acts 17:28 - This quotation comes from Epimenedes of Crete.
Wow amazing!! Thanks!!
Thank you. I wanted a list like this to help me remember.
@@loydjenkins2241 Glad to help. I have a printout by my wide margin as a quick reference.
Thanks for the time stamps and summaries! Made copying it all down into the front of my Bible so much easier!
@@jonmilton3529 Glad it helped! 😀
This is literally exactly what i wana watch after a 4pm-4am shift! Thank you sir 🔥🔥🔥
The more I mark up my and make notes in my Bible, the more it speaks to my soul.
cant wait to start doing this! Thanks Pastor Matt
Appreciate this very much, Pastor Matt. God bless you!
Perfect insight. So glad to discover your tutorials.
Fantastic. Thanks a bunch, Matt!
Wow!!This is great!! Thank you for making these kind of videos.
This is very helpful. Thank you for making this video
This is SUPER helpful. A lot of my notes are just kind of commentary as to what I am thinking as I read the text. This is very very helpful for notes that will be more helpful the next time I come around to the passage as I likely won't be thinking the same thing.
Awesome video! As someone who has a journaling Bible, I can tell you that I learned some new types of notes to include! Loved the examples too.
Great video Matt! Thank you.
Thank you, thank you! Extremely helpful!
This is an excellent video on note taking. Several of these practical examples I’ve also used for some years. Thank you Matthew! Well done!
Great video! Some very helpful and practical note taking ideas. Thank you!
Perfect listen during Army PT. Thank you for the video brother. These ESV Journal Bibles look great and way cheap. I ended up using my enlistment bonus to get the Preachers Bible (JMac edition) a few years back.
Hello Pastor Matt. I appreciate all of your videos but this may be the best one for me that you have done. The type of notes and examples given were easy to follow and made a lot of sense. So thank you for posting this. I’ve watched it 3 times today and when I get home I plan to take notes onto an index card to keep handy. I also may need another wide margin because I’m obviously doing it wrong😂😂😂. Thanks again for the great work.
Useful information Matt. Thanks
Thank you Brother. God bless you
Thank you! This was really useful information.
I appreciate this. You have helped me orgainized my books and folders. I use my Ipad and writing apps for my studies, devotions, and sermon preps. but you helped me to orgainzed them. Thanks pastor
Thanks so much. Incredibly helpful.
Excellent video and advice!
I have found my to the Bible in the last few months and am reading through an ESV Study Bible through Daily Devotions and a church lead Bible Study group. Thank you for your message.
Awesome helpful thoughts. Looking forward to some more videos of the verses that saved
This video was outstanding! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I hit rewind many times and took bunches of notes to further my learning. :)
So cool! Thanks for sharing that!
I also find it helpful to mark in my Bible structural divisions of each book, when they add meaning to the text (for instance, the pattern of 10 "generations" in Genesis) and some interesting repetitions (whenever Jesus declares "I am" in the Gospel of John, for instance). I take notes on the Old Testament of prophecies and types of Jesus, too.
Plus, I have a whole Journaling Bible just for quotes from theologians and great authors. (It's an interleaved edition, it will take me a lifetime to fill that one. 😄) Glad to see you mentioned that in your video, I hadn't seen this practice mentioned anywhere else. Referencing your other notebooks is brilliant, I loved that idea.
I may soon start a study marking in my Bible all the women that are mentioned in the text. That's gonna take a while. But it is a way of note taking, I guess: marking a specific subject you are interested in, color coding it somehow or using symbols to quickly find it across Scripture.
Anyway, thank you so much for this video!!!
P.S: I had to rewatch the video to take notes on how to take notes. 😅
I now use the Jonathan Edward’s Miscellany method you introduced me to. It has really help me with preaching and teaching. I am teaching it to my congregation also
Pastor Matt, another great video and very very informative. I will definitely be incorporating a number of these note types!
Could you do a video on good books for learning church history, especially around the Reformation? I am also a fan of church history and am looking for new material to read.
Thanks as always for the great channel!
Excellent!!! Great tips!!!
ReBap here but I always watch your videos.
This is really helpful. I took note of them here:
1. Book notes
2. Original language
3. NT usage of the OT
4. Quotations from Theologians
5. Fulfilled prophecies
6. Subject and topic lists
7. Academic Citations
8. Cross references
9. Textual Notes
10. Theological and Doctrinal Notes
11. Parallel Passages
12. Alternate Translations
13. Historical Annecdotes (e.g. conversion verse of Luther)
14. Link to other notebooks
15. Background Information
SDG!
Blessings!
Thank you. I specifically went scrolling through the comments to see if anyone else listed them. Going to add them to the front of my journaling Bible👍🏻
@@kpope7007 May God be praised!
Thank you! Fellow Reformed Baptist here!
@@ChrysJones SDG brother!
Thank you! Have a CSB Single-Column Wide-Margin that I may want to use for note taking, but I am doing my homework first before putting pen to page.
Thank you for your ideas. Even though I won't use all of them(at least not straight away), quite a lot of the ideas will be great for understanding the Bible on the factual and textual basis.
Hello pastor watching in the Philippines beautiful bible
Your videos are very well- done. I would add one more- simply to write questions about the text. Why does it say this? What does that mean? This is one of the first steps for me in sermon prep. Thanks again!
This such a good system!!!
If you could make a course. Or perhaps take all your videos in a sequence as to how those new to Biblical note taking may have a road map as to how to begin
I have been greatly helped by you explaining in detail how you take Bible notes. I've watched 3 videos of yours on this topic, and you have helped me identify important takeaways, of both things to do as well as things that will not work for me.
For me personally, I see no purpose in having a main Bible be a "clean Bible," as you like to refer to it. Noting any information that is readily available in my Reference and Study Bibles, which I use for daily reading, is for me, redundant. I have a Thompson CRB for cross references, as well as several Study Bibles that have root word notations, cross references and historical context, as well as opinion notes. And I have some commentaries and the like. Plus there's Bible Hub and Strongs Concordance for word root studies. All of those kinds of notes to me would be me copying into a new Bible from another study Bible (which you mentioned that idea early on in this video).
My next thing is advice, from one follower of Jesus to another. You have in all 3 note-taking videos spoken of Jonathan Edwards as being a mentor of yours. Early in this video (and in the other 2, but I do not have quotes from those handy), you referred to him as, "my dead mentor," and as "the dead guy," and as "my dead scholar." Those words are coming off as flippant, not the careful attention to reverence a Christian would offer to someone's memory and legacy who held significance and importance in their life, and whom had passed on. It would be more respectful to perhaps adapt different verbiage, like saying Mr. Edwards was a mentor and scholar for you, even though he's deceased, passed away, or lived long ago. Just something more respectful to him and his legacy. Simply mentioning the years he lived so long ago would let people know he's already gone without emphasizing the adjective "dead" when referring to him.
I am copying and pasting from an online kjv and printing into a 3-ring binder as I re-read from Genesis … also adding blank pages as needed for extra notes, charts, maps etc. After watching this I am thinking I could add a section in the binder for the Jonathan Edwards method of note taking.
Would ya mind posting a Simple Number List / Outline of these 15 Types of notes as got lost listening :) Many Thanks !!! Keep up the good works of K.I.S.S.
Thank you for this video! Would this be good guidance of what to add to a new miscellany?
I recently converted an ESV Study Bible into a loose leaf format so that I can insert pages for my notes taken from other study bibles and from scripture itself. I don’t know why loose leaf Bibles are so uncommon.
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You mentioned that Calvin was against the use of images in worship. In my city there is a large older Presbyterian church which has many stained glass windows within its sanctuary, including a stained glass image of John Calvin. Sheesh! When I mentioned to the pastor that Calvin might have thrown a brick through that window, he looked at me like I was stupid.
@Matthew Everhard off topic. What is your thought on the "1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition"?
Also why don't most protestants use a prayer book, is it wrong, because I am trying to understand the history of prayer books and why they are used?
“It’s early, you don’t know this but it is.” (Time at the bottom right of screen.) lol
pr Matt at your convenience RE: Jonathan Edwards' Blank Bible..... Did he have it printed especially commissioned[?]------- or did he penknife a printed Bible and glue it into a bound blank journal....? What kind of paper did they use for Bibles printed i was imagining vellum/ calf skin would be expensive.... was his blank Bible printed on better paper than usual Bibles published?
The Bible was given to him by his brother in law. It was already made, and had several of Benjamin Pierpont's notes in it before he gave it to JE in 1730. It is stitched together by removing the signatures (stitching) of a small KJV Bible and re-stitching it back together inside a large journal of blank pages. You can read about the physical composition here: edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9nZXRvYmplY3QucGw/Yy4yMzoyOjEyLndqZW8=
23:10 “…this is the verse that converted the heart of -the apostle Paul- Martin Luther….”
This was amazing timing! I was just gifted a preacher's wide margin ESV Bible and am starting to write in notes for the first time. Thank you for showing me valuable tools!
The one question I have is on how you said to write your own wisdom into the text over commentaries. I understand that you don't want to just copy what they said without thinking, but if I knew all my notes already, would they be any help to me in the future?
Brother thank you and really appreciate you......but I am a college graduate with a four year degree but not in bible. How about us common folks who don't have a theology degree. It's a different situation for us. ?...
the only thing I can say in regards to note taking... why Not get a wide margin study bible to begin with.?.. then one would Not have to write endless notes regarding date written.... authorship.... historical background....... One could concentrate of focus.. on Just the scriptural text itself... I have a NKJV wide margin that I got over 20 years ago.. that has a brief paragraph at the beginning of each book.. already.. even though it is Not a study bible.. but this paragraph contains all of that info.. Now.... I can definitely expound and add More info to the intro if I choose....and have done..... but I do not HAVE to write the complete intro.. from scratch.......
Step Bible? Also what was the number 18 for?
I get the number now
Try saying “was besting me” or getting the best of me” or “overwhelming me” for “kicking my backside”
ESV Study Bible or Reformation?
Step bible, kindly provide a link.
Stepbible.org
Most of my notes are reference based to other passages in the bible
With so much plagiarizing coming from the puppets these days, it’s wonderful to see a pastor take his calling seriously and to put in the time that it takes to feed his sheep
I am not trying to cause a fight, but I have a problem with Christians who say their church is bible believing. What I mean is that I think we all can identify areas where our church is compromised and unwilling to repent. Is it a lie to call yourself bible believing when you're compromised?
He’s referring to belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God. There are churches who do not believe that.
once again I see you are using a paragraph format bible... why?..
Why not?
@@DeepDiveDiscipleship I have found a bible that is in paragraph format to take me longer to find a particular verse... since most of the verse numbering does Not stand out.. compared to the verse...by verse.. especially if I am reading along with the sermon. and I have to get to a particular verse quickly....also many bibles omit certain verses the NIV is notorious for that... sometimes there are footnotes telling what the verse would be... had it been included.. most times there is No footnote...when a verse IS omitted it can easily Not even be noticed by one reading the bible in paragraph format.... I cannot tell you how many times.. someone reading the NIV.. in church has told me.. "I did Not know that verse was Not there"...most people when reading thru God's word on their own and Not trying to study each verse one at a time.. and write notes on it.. WON'T notice a verse missing here and there..
but the main reason I do not like the paragraph format.. is that I have found it harder to spot the exact verse I am looking for when it is in the middle of a paragraph...
AND besides.. most decent study bibles in verse by verse format.. already have the intended or would be paragraphs subtitled.. with headers anyway...
@@jeffcarlson3269 I dislike verse by verse for the simple fact the Bible was given to us in that way. Verse numberings are very new in church history and in some cases the divisions obscure a point rather than help.
@@DeepDiveDiscipleship I understand what you are saying regarding verse divisions added later.. but you DO realize that the paragraph divisions of today.. are STILL NOT.. perhaps the way the paragraphs were divided up originally... so even though they are paragraphs... they might NOT be broken up the same as Gods word had originally been... AND even with the paragraph form.. that you seem to like due.. to it being.. how the bible was written originally... the CHAPTER divisions.. were added at a different time as well.. so even reading paragraph form you STILL have some compromising going on..
perhaps if they would add a blank line in between the end of one verse and the beginning of another verse like this example...one paragraph........
13.....that is what Jesus said
14. And the disciples came to Him joyfully
15. But Jesus seeing......
16. new paragraph.....
double space it like" this" to start a new paragraph.... then I could follow the paragraph format...and the paragraphs would still be together with their meanings...
About 25 minutes into the video you show a brown leather like new notebook but I didn't find a link, thanks
It was 50CE, real Christians never went to church, ( church means a group of people) it would of been his meeting room, we don't goto churches today as the bible calls them Babylon the great, and very soon they will be gone read Revelation 17:17 then the Great tribulation will happen 1 Thessalonians 5:3