NEW: Sixty-Six Bible Commentary Templates

Here are the individual Books (all 66) of the Bible, just right for
use to create your own individual Verse-by-Verse Commentaries.
Be sure you save and Keep these for future use. I decided to
burn mine to a CD/DVD as well as save to my Hard Drive and a
spare Flash Drive/Memory Card, etc.... Each file, of course, has
the Milestones for each verse of the Bible and/or each verse of
each book represented by these 66 files for the OT/NT Books.

Sixty-Six Individual Templates for each Book of the Bible. Deliberately
done this way for Users to easily edit/create a personal Commentary
for any single Book of the Bible. Also, these books, or any combination
thereof, can be grouped together to create a larger Commentary when
needed, such as: The Pentateuch, Books of History, Psalms & Proverbs,
Poetry & Wisdom, Major Prophets (5 books), Minor Prophets, The Gospels
and Acts, Pauline Books (all 14), General Epistles, Jude & Revelation.
Did it this way to make it easier for me and anyone else, for that matter to
create a smaller Commentary. Have fun and Enjoy.....

01-Genesis_Template.docx
02-Exodus_Template.docx
03-Leviticus_Template.docx

04-Numbers_Template.docx
05-Deuteronomy_Template.docx
06-Joshua_Template.docx
07-Judges_Template.docx
08-Ruth_Template.docx
09-1 Samuel_Template.docx
10-2 Samuel_Template.docx
11-1 Kings_Template.docx
12-2 Kings_Template.docx
13-1 Chronicles_Template.docx
14-2 Chronicles_Template.docx
15-Ezra_Template.docx
16-Nehemiah_Template.docx
17-Esther__Template.docx
18-Job_Template.docx
19-Psalms_Template.docx
20-Proverbs_Template.docx
21-Ecclesiastes_Templatee.docx
22-Song of Solomon_Template.docx
23-Isaiah_Template.docx
24-Jeremiah_Template.docx
25-Lamentations_Template.docx
26-Ezekiel_Template.docx
27-Daniel_Template.docx
28-Hosea_Template.docx
29-Joel_Template.docx
30-Amos_Template.docx
31-Obadiah_Template.docx
32-Jonah_Template.docx
33-Micah_Template.docx
34-Nahum_Template.docx
35-Habbakkuk_Template.docx
36-Zephaniah_Template.docx
37-Haggai_Template.docx
38-Zechariah_Template.docx
39-Malachi_Template.docx
40-Matthew_Template.docx
41-Mark_Template.docx
42-Luke_Template.docx
43-John_Template.docx
44-Acts_Template.docx
45-Romans_Template.docx
46-1 Corinthians_Template.docx
47-2 Corinthians_Template.docx
48-Galatians_Template.docx
49-Ephesians_Template.docx
50-Philippians_Template.docx
51-Colossians_Template.docx
52-1 Thessalonians_Template.docx
53-2 Thessalonians_Template.docx
54-1 Timothy_Template.docx
55-2 Timothy_Template.docx
56-Titus_Template.docx
58-Hebrews_Template.docx
57-Philemon_Template.docx
59-James_Template.docx
60-1 Peter_Template.docx
62-1 John_Template.docx
61-2 Peter_Template.docx
64-3 John_Template.docx
63-2 John_Template.docx
65-Jude_Template.docx
66-Revelation_Template.docx

For some reason, I didn't realize that in the Logos System,
the Old Testament Books in the Milestones are numbered
1-39 just like most us would expect. Then, when I went to
do the New Testament Books I realized the Milestones in
LOGOS are different. The NT books are off by '21' For
instance, Revelation is Numbered '87' instead of '66' I believe
that Matthew is numbered '60', Mark is '61' and so on...

I suppose that this is because allowance is made for the
various books of the Apocrypha??? I never use those
books since they are not inspired by the Holy Spirit. However,
they do have some merit when used as Historical
References. I just didn't realize there were '21' books of
the Apocrypha. Just wondered if that was for both Old
and New Testament Apocrypha. Does LOGOS kinda
sandwich them in between the Old and New Testaments?

Don't want to show my ignorance, but I never realized
this until I took the original Personal Commentary File and
kinda/sorta divided it up into these 66 individual books. Just
thought "IS THIS RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF
TRUTH?"

Mark

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Justin Gatlin

Tremendous, Mark. Thank you.

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311338#Comment_1311338

You're welcome Justin!
Tried to unload a single ZIP file, but for some reason
LOGOS Wouldn't let me post it. Only about 1.48 MB Zipped.

The original Personal Commentary file was a little over 4,000
pages in WORD. Thought that was a little too much when all
you might be doing was a Commentary on Obadiah or Jude.
A lot easier for me to do each book separate in WORD, then
compile two or more together in the LOGOS Book Builder Tool.

Mark
https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks

https://djmarko.wixsite.com/logos

DMB

Wow, Mark, that's absolutely great! And your other books too. Appreciate all your efforts. Almost daily, something new.

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311361#Comment_1311361

Well, as a semi retired preacher I have a lot of time on my hands. When you only have to preach once a month instead of twice every Sunday, you have to do something with all that spare times. If it wasn't for Logos I'd probably write a book or two. Instead, I spend at least two days a week churning out books for LOGOS.

Mark

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311365#Comment_1311365

Thanks for the work you put into this. I hope I can figure out how using this can work for me.

Gerald Rodgers

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311394#Comment_1311394

Hi Mark

Thanks so much for the hard work you have put into this contribution not to mention all the other books you have already given us for Logos. Much appreciated indeed and I hope you will be long spared to give us many more.

A wee bit of help on how best to use these Bible Book templates would be great. Thanks so much and may God bless you real good.

Gerald

(N Ireland)

Frank Sauer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311409#Comment_1311409

This is an awesome gift to the Logos Community - Thanks Mark!

Hope you don't mind, but I put all the templates in a compressed file for those that would like to download all at once or to save all to a backup source.

1651.Mark's Logos Commentary Templates.zip

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311409#Comment_1311409

Hi Gerald,

Don't know what to say on using these Templates without writing a small Book,
but I'll see what I can do.

(1) First of all, if you have your own Commentary or Notes that you'd like to put
into a Logos Commentary Book (not a Monograph) then you're ready to input
the information and Text into any one of the Templates.

(2) Secondly, since there are 66 Books in the Bible, there are 66 Templates. Just
pick a book to create a Commentary for use in Logos.

(3) For example, let's suppose that you want to create a Commentary for the book
of Second John. Simply open the file '63-2 John_Template.docx' into Microsoft
Word. I'm still using Word 2010 even though I have a lifetime license for the
Mobi-Systems Office Suite. Anyway, once you load the above file, rename it and
give it a name like==> '62-2nd John by Gerald.docx' Once you do this, you're
ready to start adding your own personal Commentary/Notes.

(4) You will see the following in your Microsoft Word Screen:

2 John

2 John 1

[[@bible.84.1.1]]

2Jn. 1:1

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

2Jn. 1:2

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.3]]

2Jn. 1:3

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.4]]

2Jn. 1:4

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.5]]

2Jn. 1:5

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.6]]

2Jn. 1:6

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.7]]

2Jn. 1:7

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.8]]

2Jn. 1:8

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.9]]

2Jn. 1:9

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.10]]

2Jn. 1:10

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.11]]

2Jn. 1:11

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.12]]

2Jn. 1:12

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.13]]

2Jn. 1:13

(No text at this verse.)

(5) Let's enter some General or Descriptive Text for the
Book of 2nd John. In e-Sword a module creator would
call this the "Book Notes" -- At the very beginning you
will see the text "2 John" and right below it a divider line.
put your cursor right after the 'n' in "2 John" and give it one
single carriage return (no more than that!) Now in that space
enter your commentary between "2 John" and the divider line.
You might enter something like the following:

2 John
It is a friendly, personal letter, written some time after the first letter,
to the "elect lady" who, as I think, was John's friend, and not a church
or some nation as has sometimes been argued. The aim is evidently
to warn his friend against certain false teachers.

2 John 1

(6) Now, save your file before going any further. Make sure that you
enter any Book Notes strictly between "2 John" and the divider line.

(7)Now, let's enter some General Notes for "2 John 1" This is sometimes
referred as 'Chapter Notes' You don't have to do anything here if you don't
have any Chapter Notes to enter. But if you do, put your cursor right aftter
the bold text "2 John 1" giving it just a single carriage return (No More...)
and enter text something like the following:

2 John 1

Analysis.

1. Greeting, 1-3.

2. Thanksgiving, 4.

3. Exhortation to obedience. 5-6.

4. Warning against anti-Christs, 7-9.

5. How to deal with false teachers, 10-11.

6. Conclusion, 12-13.

For Study and Discussion.
(1) The character of the children of the elect lady.
(2) Evidence of real discipleship.
(3) How to deal with false teachers.

[[@bible.84.1.1]]

(8) Make sure that you enter you Chapter Note(s) between the Chapter
heading '2 John 1' and the next line of '[[@bible.84.1.1]] as shown above.
The '[[@bible.84.1.1]]' is the Milestone designation for the first verse of
the first chapter. Your chapter Note(s) must go in the single line space
between the '2 John 1' and the '[[@bible.84.1.1]]' as shown above.

(9) Save your File after you enter your chapter Notes, if you have any!

(10) Now, let's enter some verse Note(s) for '2 John 1:1'.

(11) Look at the location for Notes for 2 John 1:1 as below:

2Jn. 1:1

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

(12) See the line (No text at this verse.) ? Simply replace that line
with your Note(s) as follows:

2Jn. 1:1

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

The elder … The use of "elder" as an apostolic title is verified by the fact of the apostle Peter having used it (1 Peter 5:1). Peter used "fellow-elder" indicating that others besides himself in the apostolic group were still living. John’s use of "elder" could indicate that he alone of the sacred Twelve still remained alive. The title of "elders" was used of all the apostles, and "they were referred to by Papias under this title."^(F1) Plummer commented on this that, "Elder was not an unlikely title; other apostles were called elders; but John was the elder,"^(F2) the last survivor of the Twelve.

Unto the elect lady and her children … As noted from the ASV margin, the Greek term for lady might also be translated as a proper name, Cyria; but this tendency to view this letter as being written to a prominent Christian woman of that era is rejected here. As Roberts pointed out, "It is also true that the word for elect could be translated as a proper name, Eclecte."^(F3) However, as Roberts noted, the word for "elect" is used as an adjective by John in 2 John 1:13. There is absolutely no reason for assuming that any personal name is involved here. "The elect lady" is a metaphorical reference to the church, often spoken of in the New Testament under the figure of a bride, or a pure woman. Roberts agreed that, "The most likely possibility, however, is that the elect lady is not a person at all but a personification for a local church."^(F4) This would seem to be a mandatory conclusion from the last clause of the verse.

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

(13) Now, save your file again. You don't have to, but keeps you from losing
the text you just typed in or pasted in from some other source. I like to save my
file at least every few verses just in case.

(14) OK, lets wrap this up! Whenever you see the single line '(No text at this verse.)'
That's were your comments go. Pure and simple. If you're inserting or typing in
text for '2 John 1:6' Where the bold text '2Jn 1:6' appears, give it a single carriage
return and enter your text. That's it in a nutshell! Just make sure you save your
file periodically so you don't lose what you just entered.

(15) Now, to turn this .docx file into a commentary. In logos click on the "Tools" icon
and scroll down to the selection "Personal Books" Click on "Personal Books" You will
notice an option "Add Book" Click on "Add Book" Now name your commentary like"
"Roger's Commentary on 2nd John" Select and give it a copyright date as well as your
name, etc..... Now, right below that there is a small clickable menu. It might display 'Monograph'
You don't want that. Scroll down to "Bible Commentary" and click on "Bible Commentary"
You can also enter some text for a description of the Commentary. From that box go down
to where it says "Add File..." Click on that and from there select/enter the file
name you have just created in Word. Compile your Commentary. There is an option right
there called "Build book" -- Click on it and Logos will do it's wonders. If successful, your
Commentary will automatically appear. Make sure you keep you self-made commentary in the
same place (permanently) so Logos can find the ,.docx file in case you edit it and want Logos
to re-compile the Commentary book. In the Book builder you will notice the option "Upload"
Pure and simple, this saves your finished Commentary to the "Cloud" as a backup of your
finished work.

(16) REMEMBER===> the Word "KISS" applies here: "Keep It Simple Stupid" I don't mean
to suggest that you or any other User is stupid. Just that applies when first starting out. Enter
a couple short comments for a couple verses. Save the file and compile, or re-compile in the
LOGOS Book Builder.

There is more that I could say or probably should say, so, if you have questions or problems let
the forum know. Someone will have the answer. Just in starting out note that weird characters
like Hebrew characters may generate an error or two at compile time. Generally you can usually
ignore that as long as it compiles.

I suggest you go back to the LOGOS help and see what it has to say about creating books with
the Book Builder tool in LOGOS. There is one other thing that you should do if you want the
Commentary to be in "SYNC" with whatever Bible you are using at the time. In your Bible panel
place your Mouse cursor on the Three vertical dots on the Top Right Corner of the Panel containing
your Bible. A menu will pop up and you will see the option to Establish a Link set A-B-C-D-E-F-G
For simplicity select 'A' Do the same for the Panel containing your newly created Commentary.
Once again, select the 'A' Now your Bible and Commentary will be in Sync with each other. As you
click on a verse selection in your Commentary, the Bible will automatically navigate to that verse. And
the same should be if you do that same in your Bible the Commentary will display your Notes/Commentary
for that verse. Sweet!!.................

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY

MARK

https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks

https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/logos

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311431#Comment_1311431

Thank you Frank for doing that! For some reason I couldn't upload
my ZIPped file. That will help tremendously.

Mark

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311409#Comment_1311409

Gerald,

Hope you were able to understand my feeble attempts at
trying to help explain how to best use those Bible Book templates.

I am posting below, a simple commentary I did yesterday. It is a
Verse--by-Verse Commentary for the Book of Joel. It is pretty much
complete, so if you want to load it into Word, then it will help you see
how things are arrranged in a more complex piece of work. Hope it
helps. Loading this commentary (see below,.....) might help you get
a better idea by showing the text and the Bible Milestones that separate
the various verses. Just load the following into your WORD processor.

29-Joel_Sample Commentary.docx

Note: You can edit the comments for a verse by inserting your own
comments to replace any comments. Then you can compile it in the
book builder in Logos like I explained earlier to see your own comments
from within LOGOS.

Forgot to mention that you can probably insert/paste pictures(graphics)
as well into a commentary. In Microsoft Word, If the graphic you paste is
too large for your screen, right mouse click on the image and select the
option from the drop-down menu to edit the image and make it smaller.
Something like where the Width has an absolute value of 5" (5 inches)
The height will change to the right proportions according to the width you
select. This is what I did on the last few books I did on the Hittites, Ephesus,
etc..... You will also want to select the image and "Center" it in Word so it
appears centered in your Commentary Panel in LOGOS. After you compile
it, of course....[:)]

TTFN,
Mark

https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks

https://djmarko.wixsite.com/logos

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311409#Comment_1311409

Gerald,

Here is the same commentary on Joel with three(3) Graphics under
the Heading for "Joel" (Normally where you might find Book Notes

29-Joel_Sample Commentary_Pictures.docx

I have never tried to put graphics in between Milestones, but
should work on individual verse notes.

Mark

Gerald Rodgers

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311465#Comment_1311465

Hi Mark

Thanks so much for all the effort you put into your reply and for the sample Joel documents. As soon as I get a moment I will have a go at using them in the Joel template. Your a real genius and gentleman. Not sure where you are based but I'm over here in N Ireland, UK.

Regards

Gerald

Gerald Rodgers

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311465#Comment_1311465

Hi Mark

Regards

Gerald

Friedrich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311704#Comment_1311704

Mark, I echo what Gerald and others have said: thank you for your efforts, kindness, generosity and thoroughness! We had to do commentaries in "Greek 3" classes, but that was in the dark ages using word perfect and just printing it off on paper. This is a great application to pull together our own research and insights and make it user friendly!

Mark Johns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311716#Comment_1311716

Friedrich,

You are quite welcome! Having created a bunch of modules for two other
software platforms, I find that it is much easier when creating Books and
Commentaries for LOGOS. Being retired and my wife still working part-time,
it gives me 2-3 days a week to do Bible studies and/or create books, etc.. for
LOGOS.

If we ever go on vacation, hope I can take my laptop with me and spend a
few hours doing the same. Well, on second thought, better not, or I will end
up in the dog house when we get back.

One thing I get a thrill out of is taking my tablet to church and doing word studies
to show that a particular word those in bible class are studying has so many
different meanings, etc.... Last nite we were talking about the word "Revelation"
Just so happened I was in LOGOS at the time and asked the teacher "which
meaning are you alluding to?" He asked "What do you mean?" I said "well, in
the Hebrew it has about three(3) different meanings, and in Greek four(4)
different meanings." Of course, I pointed out that the meaning of a particular
passage depends on the tense, or the context of the passage. The graphical
display that I could show regarding the Hebrew and Greek meanings really
made an impression. Thanks for that one LOGOS. That's one area where
e-Sword and others don't even come close.

Now that gives me another idea for a book, but have to put that one on the
back burner for now. Already have dozens more books to create for LOGOS.
Thanks again for your comments. They are greatly appreciated!!!

Mark
https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks

https://djmarko.wixsite.com/logos

Buck McDaniel

Just a quick Thank You.

I'm interested in keeping my notes as a commentary. This will help.

Question: What do you do when a comment covers multiple verses?

Buck McDaniel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311433#Comment_1311433

Thank you. I wish I saw this first, but I have it in case I corrupt or lose one of my other ones.

Antony Brennan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314914#Comment_1314914

Question: What do you do when a comment covers multiple verses?

You can edit the .docx document and change the biblical reference to suit your notes, you can also add links and other items to the document before you upload it to Logos.

Buck McDaniel

Hello, Mark,

I am playing with your commentary templates. I discovered a few interesting points.

First of all, your Genesis commentary is in the first template.

you only need the line

[[@bible.1.1.20]]

for any verse you add to the commentary. The rest of the document can be clear, short of your comments, of course.

When I set up Exodus, bible.2.1.1 in the middle of Genesis, the commentary followed accurately and before and after it followed Genesis, but it showed the exodus experiment in between the verses. That was surprising.

Of course that would be something we want in order unless we are following a chronological Bible.

That really makes life easier for me because I have several dedicated topical commentary ideas I want to pursue. Some will be my own work and others will be copies of copyrighted material.

I am curious to know if when a pro writes a commentary, and they add foot notes to point out their source, do they put them in a bibliography at the end of the book or at the bottom of the page? Do you know?

Thank you

Shabbat Shalom

PS I also noticed that formatted text caries over, but not highlighting.

Buck McDaniel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314917#Comment_1314917

One more thing..

I use LibreOffice Writer. I have a template and style sheet that only uses HTML formatting. I don't get compile errors or warnings with it.