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    This document discusses Bible study tools for using cross-references, including: 1) Five common types of connections found in cross-references like direct quotations, prophecies, parallel accounts, related subjects, and repeating principles. 2) An analogy comparing cross-references to hyperlinks, noting that scholars have identified links between passages for centuries. 3) Examples of cross-references for Matthew 1:1 from four Bibles and a cross-reference book, noting differences in organization and number of references provided.

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    This document discusses Bible study tools for using cross-references, including: 1) Five common types of connections found in cross-references like direct quotations, prophecies, parallel accounts, related subjects, and repeating principles. 2) An analogy comparing cross-references to hyperlinks, noting that scholars have identified links between passages for centuries. 3) Examples of cross-references for Matthew 1:1 from four Bibles and a cross-reference book, noting differences in organization and number of references provided.

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    This document discusses Bible study tools for using cross-references, including: 1) Five common types of connections found in cross-references like direct quotations, prophecies, parallel accounts, related subjects, and repeating principles. 2) An analogy comparing cross-references to hyperlinks, noting that scholars have identified links between passages for centuries. 3) Examples of cross-references for Matthew 1:1 from four Bibles and a cross-reference book, noting differences in organization and number of references provided.

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    Bible Study Tools – Cross-References

    Bible Study Tools activities are designed to give students practice in basic Bible study skills: the use of
    Bible maps, cross-reference systems, concordances and lexicons.
    Cross-Reference Systems
    Cross-references identify biblical connections for us. Here are five kinds of connections that commonly
    occur in the Bible:
    (1) Direct Quotations. A later passage quotes an earlier passage.
    (2) Prophecies and Fulfillments. What is foretold in one place is also foretold or fulfilled in another.
    (3) Parallel Accounts. A story is told in more than one place, often with different details.
    (4) Related Subjects. The subject of one passage is connected in some way to that of another
    passage.
    (5) Repeating Principles. The fundamentals of God’s plan for mankind are repeated in many places
    throughout the Bible.
    Cross-references are valuable, but they are easy to ignore. This activity encourages students to make
    better use of the cross-references in their Bible.
    Bible Study Tools – Cross-References
    Cross-Reference Systems – An Introduction

    The internal harmony of the Bible makes it possible to find thousands of passages that
    are related to each other in some way. Cross-references identify many of these passages
    for us. They take us to additional passages that relate to the one we are reading.

    A useful analogy
    Cross-references in the Bible are like links on a web page. Click on any link and it
    takes you to another page that is related to the one you are reading. That page
    probably has more links, and you can keep going. Bible cross-references work the
    same way. They link one passage to another and another.
    Bible students have been identifying links between passages for centuries, long
    before anyone thought about web pages. Over the years, scholars have compiled
    lists of these links, and the result has been the development of cross-reference
    systems. A cross-reference system is, in fact, a kind of “Bible web.”

    Bible cross-reference systems vary widely. In terms of the web page analogy, some
    Bibles have a lot of links on a page while others don’t have many at all. Some links are
    also more valuable than others and we’re glad when we’ve clicked on them.

    Any cross-reference on a Bible page is an invitation to look at another passage and learn
    something. It is an invitation to understand the Bible better.

    1 – The cross-references for Matthew 1:1 are shown in four different Bibles, starting on
    the next page:
    Hendrickson King James Wide-Margin Bible
    Zondervan King James Reference Bible
    Aletheia Interlinear AV & RV Wide Margin Bible
    MacArthur Study Bible, English Standard Version

    In addition, the cross-references for Matthew 1:1 are shown in


    The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.1

    1 The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is an entire book of Bible cross-references, first published around
    1830. It lists cross-references for every verse of the Bible, starting in Genesis 1 and ending in Revelation
    22. Altogether, it contains more than 500,000 cross-references. Many modern Bible apps include the
    Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) as one of their cross-reference systems.
    Notice the similarities and differences from one Bible to the next. Then answer the
    questions that follow.

    • Hendrickson King James Wide-Margin Bible with end-of-verse cross-references:

    • Zondervan King James Reference Bible with center-column cross-references:


    • Aletheia Interlinear AV & RV Wide Margin Bible with center-column cross-references:

    • MacArthur Study Bible, English Standard Version, by Crossway, with center-column


    cross-references:
    • The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:

    a. Which cross-reference system offers the most cross-references for Matthew 1:1?
    Which one offers the fewest?

    b. Which of the Hendrickson cross-references for Matthew 1:1 are included in the
    Zondervan cross-references? Which one is not?

    c. Which two Bibles use the same cross-reference system (with one difference)?

    d. Zondervan, Aletheia, MacArthur, and TSK organize the cross-references for


    Matthew 1:1 into three groups according to the main ideas in the verse. What are
    the three main ideas of Matthew 1:1?

    How do Zondervan, Aletheia, and MacArthur draw attention to these ideas?

    How does TSK draw attention to these ideas?

    e. Is the identification of Bible cross-references an exact science? How do you know?


    2 – Here is Psalm 8:4 in the Aletheia AV & RV Bible. It has four groups of cross-
    references, identified as f, g, h, and i.

    a. The cross-referenced passages that


    go with this verse are printed below.
    Read each one carefully and see if
    you can tell which part of Psalm 8:4
    it relates to (f, g, h, or i).
    The answers are shown in the box at
    the end. Check yourself when you
    are done and see if you agree with
    the scholars who developed this
    cross-reference system.

    Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
    that was with him in the ark:
    f g h i

    Genesis 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto
    Sarah as he had spoken.
    f g h i

    Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit
    you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to
    Isaac, and to Jacob.
    f g h i

    Job 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest
    set thine heart upon him?
    f g h i

    Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a
    worm?
    f g h i
    Psalm 65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with
    the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast
    so provided for it.
    f g h i

    Psalm 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of
    man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
    f g h i

    Psalm 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
    man, that thou makest account of him!
    f g h i

    Hebrews 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou
    art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
    f g h i

    b. What important ideas do the cross-reference passages have in common with Psalm
    8:4? How many can you identify?

    i = Genesis 21:1; Genesis 50:24, and Psalm 65:9.


    h = Psalm 80:17.
    g = Genesis 8:1.
    f = Job 7:17; Job 25:6; Psalm 144:3, and Hebrews 2:6.
    Aletheia AV & RV cross-references for Psalm 8:4:

    Reposted 05 14 2019

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