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Exploring Greek tenses in Mark 11 - where a variant changes the emphasis subtlety.

STEPBible Colour Code Grammar (2 of 4): Greek Verb Tenses in Mark 11 Here we take a look at how to observe the operation of Greek verb tenses while reading the English text of Mark 11.

You can now get grammar insights without knowing Greek or Hebrew. The new colors can bring new illumination even to Jesus' genealogies!
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Searches are now simpler, without any loss of facilities. Choose to search either the translations you've opened or the original Hebrew / Greek. If you pick Greek and type "heaven" it will show links to all the words translated "heaven" in the NT, and also the OT if you have a Greek or translated LXX open. See eg ESV@version=ABEn@strong=G3772" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=ESV@version=ABEn@strong=G3772
You can then filter the search to a Range of books, or filter it with another search. For example, to now find all the places where "heaven" occurs in relation to "creation", click on [Q] to restart the search, and turn on "Verses from previous searches" - so you are searching within the verses already found. Now type "creation" and in the English tab click on it in "Find verses on this topic". The results are at ESV@version=ABEn@version=ABGk@srchJoin=1a2@strong=G3772@subject=creation" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=ESV@version=ABEn@version=ABGk@srchJoin=1a2@strong=G3772@subject=creation
There's lots more to discover. If you find a type of search that isn't possible, please report it in the Feedback. Perhaps it could be added.
More at https://docs.google.com/document/d/11DHf79lSvAxu-tfnEd1zAM04Sd9kriKaVuoqW3P-vsg/preview

Scholarly variant data is updated in the VarApp module (look in Ancient > Commentaries) - see ESV@version=SBLG@version=VarApp@reference=Mark.1" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=ESV@version=SBLG@version=VarApp@reference=Mark.1 .
It is based on the data from the eBook published by Laparola.net at https://www.laparola.net/file/Variant%20Readings%20of%20the%20New%20Testament.docx
This has been updated with the revised English textual notes by Bruce Terry.

Even more commentaries will be appearing, in a completely new way - as links to scans. Many commentaries have never been turned into text by OCR because they have occasional pointed Hebrew and accented Greek - or because no-one has got round to doing the complex work yet. Many of these can be found on sites like Archive.org, as scans.
To save your time looking them up, STEPBible will have links directly to each chapter in the Bible. As a start (and experiment), the ICC - International Critical Commentaries - is now available. Comment on what you think of this idea.

More commentaries are becoming available on STEPBible.
There are more Commentary modules now - mostly thanks to the work of Crosswire.org
And they work properly. (This is a little embarrassing - some, like the condensed version of Matthew Henry, and Calvin's commentaries, hadn't been working properly on STEPBible)

When the internet is down, STEPBible keeps working on a PC, Mac or Linux, if you have downloaded it. Click on "more" then on "Download STEP". A new version is available which has passed all the expensive security code checks - so you won't get any worrying notices. It has all the latest features, and you can add any number of extra Bibles.
There's also a cut-down offline mobile app on Android Play and iOS which has recently been updated for the newest phones.
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A new Bible "ESV_morph" is available on www.stepbible.org. This is an ESV Bible with grammar information in both the Old and New Testaments. You can see the grammar information in the Quick Lexicon and Word Analysis sidebar lexicon. It also works with color code grammar found under the Options (gear button).

If there are no issues, the ESV_morph will eventually become the regular ESV Bible on STEPBible. Please try it and let us know through the Feedback button at the top of STEPBible of any issues or suggestions you may have.

COPY is now available for any Bible or mix of Bibles. It even produces an interlinear text. I've found it really useful for recording a list of texts found by a Search. Click on the clipboard icon at the top

A big 'under the hood' upgrade makes it easier to find the person and word you want.
Finding "Simon" is tricky - there are 8 in the Bible, and all of them have a second or alternate name. There are even three different people called "Jesus"!
Now, when you click on "Simon" in a passage, you'll get a link to all the places where that same individual occurs, whatever names they have. And if you search for "Simon", you're offered a list of individuals - or you can look for all instances of a specific name as before.