The Bible can be configured as one of the books to read in Browse mode. Since it is a special book it is not under the Books folder but at the top level menu. At this point there are four translations available:
There are some special mechanisms for browsing the books of the Bible. In the main message area if you first enter 'B_' (B space) then instead of filling the word list area with normal words it will fill it with the names of the books of the Bible. For example, if you have:King James Version (KJV) New International Version (NIV) New Century Version (NCV) New World Translation (NWT)
the word list will fill with:B G
because those are the only two books of the Bible that begin with 'G'. If the message area contains:Galatians Genesis
and you choose 'Go' then instead of actually speaking the message the first book of Galatians will be brought up in Browse mode. If you have:B Galatians
then you will see the third chapter of Galatians.B Galatian 3
If you have:
This will not work because John does not have a 46th chapter! You will be given an error:B John 46
At this point you can choose DelWord to clear the error and then you can re-enter the chapter.only 21 chapters in John.
If you have:
then you will see verses 1, 4 and 5 through 9 of Galatians 3. There will be a button at the bottom to allow you to read the entire chapter.B Galatians 3:1,4,5-9
If you have:
then because it is known that 'FAITH' is not the name of a book in the Bible a concordance search will be done for you. The Nave's Topical Bible concordance at this website:B FAITH
will be consulted. Mail will be sent (in the MailMe style) with the results of the concordance search. In this email you can choose from the Bible verses that are relevant to the topic 'FAITH'.bible.crosswalk.com/Concordances/NavesTopicalBible
If you have only this:
A concordance search will fail to find a topic named 'AN'. A search will be done of all the topics in the Nave's Topical Bible and you will be presented with a list of topics that begin with 'AN' like so:B AN
If you know that you want to search the list of topics you can do so directly with:Anarchy Anatomy Anchor ...
The list presented above does not include a multitude of Biblical names that only serve to clutter the view of the topics you are likely seeking. If you do want to include these names (i.e. show ALL topics) use this:BT AN
and you will see:BTN AN
Note that BTN stands for Bible Topics (including) Names.Anab Anah Anaharath ... Ananias Anarchy Anath ... ...
If you are not sure how the name of the topic you are seeking begins you can prefix the pattern with an asterisk '*'.
and you will see:BT *ANI
Note that each of these has 'ani' somewhere within it. If one does this search:Animals Anise Banishment ... Gleaning ... Panic ... Vanity
it will show the first chapter of John since it is the name of a book of the Bible. If instead you wanted to do a Nave concordance search for John (the Baptist) then you can do this instead:B JOHN
N stands for 'Nave'.N JOHN
The Select command in Browse has a subcommand of 'Verse'. When verses of the Bible are displayed you can use this to select a particular verse and paste it into the message area and Speak it if you wish!
In addition to having access to a Concordance there is also a Commentary. John Wesley's commentary on the whole Bible which was produced between 1754 and 1765 is referenced from this web site:
To access it you put 'C' followed by a book of the Bible and a chapter. Like so:bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/WesleysExplanatoryNotes
and then you choose 'Go'. This will result in mail being sent (in the MailMe style) containing the commentary on Matthew 5. It is not that easy to go back and forth between the commentary and the chapter of the Bible but with clever use of bookmarks it is possible.C Matthew 5
If you are viewing a chapter of a book of the Bible you can return to the main screen and enter:
(a 'C' alone) and choose 'Go'. The book and chapter currently being viewed will be inserted for you and the commentary fetched.C