The Scofield® Study Bible III, NKJV (Indexed)

This review is of first impressions only(visually inspecting it & flipping through some books and chapters to read from.) Firstly & sometimes most importantly, who ships the Bible I got & who is the seller: Amazon for both. (Please look at that, if you don’t know that yet. Scammers get on here & sell knock offs or horrible quality items.)My Dad has a Scofield Study Bible in the NIV. So, I knew kind of what I was expecting but not the finer details of this Bible version since it’s a different than dads in that manner(I got the NKJV) the 3rd edition with the thumb index on the side of pages. Which I do like the index. It makes it so much easier to thumb through to find books quicker.It’s black/burgundy leather bonded, basket weave pattern on binding end of book… See Pictures attached.The red lettering is a must for me as far as Bibles go(I like to visually see when Jesus is speaking.)It’s smells like leather when you open the box or get close to this beautiful Word of God(which the box case is a nice feature to have to store Bible in but I suggest highly, that you don’t store it in the box case but leave it out for easy access, to get into the Word everyday of your life, that God has blessed you with!Weirdly, even the inside pages have a nice smell too. Not Chinese quality, for sure. Made in Korea. The bonded leather is nice & the basketweave “pattern” is really nice as well.The maps are colored which surprising detail & info(in my photo if the map1 that doesn’t show the color but the fine details of the region in different periods.Cons:•Not a lot of space to write in margins. Not a deal breaker but I wish there was a little bit more room to write. Personal preference.•The font size is small for us older individuals. Still need reading glasses in darker areas.(You can’t have everything perfect but for me this as good as it gets for what I need.)Conclusion:All-in-all, it’s a great Bible. Very satisfied on first impressions & thumbing through it. Im looking forward to digging into & changing over to this study Bible from the evidence Bible.If anything changes(as always) I will update this posting. But for now, highly recommend for the references, outlines, maps & ALL the useful information from those time periods, as-well-as the augmented sections that comes with the study Bible 3.

1. Physical DescriptionA. I have had several study Bibles over the years and one thing I have always had a problem with is studying the Scriptures instead of the commentary. It is very easy to get lost in the commentary as there can be more on a given page than there is Scripture. The Scofield Study Bible is a nice balance of Scripture content to commentary and is easy to read without getting side tracked. While I do enjoy my Nelson Study Bible, I tend to pick up the Scofield more often than not since receiving it.B. The readability of the text is great, it is a large enough font without being giant and the spacing is very easy on the eyes. The non-study Bible I was primarily using before this was very strenuous on my eyes and I had a hard time reading for very long before my eyes felt like they were ready to cross! I find myself reading chapter after chapter in the Scofield due to how easy to read it is in this regard.C. The construction of this Bible is incredible for and would be a bargain at twice the price. The leather is thick and nicely textured, the binding is superb. When you handle this Bible there is a very real felt quality that you know you are holding something well made. It is not overly large as to be too bulky to take with you to church, but I find it just right. It has to be of some size to account for the nice size font, spacing and limited study notes, but again is very manageable and is a bit smaller than the Nelson Study Bible. I could take or leave the thumb index, there is usually an extra price in other additions to get this feature so to have all the "bells and whistles" so to speak is kind of nice.2. TheologyA. Literal Interpretation is a must, and if that puts me in the category that somebody labels in a particular way then so be it. It will be debated until the day the Lord returns (and He will return!) as to who is right and wrong, but I think Scofield was on the right track in sticking to the Word and not trying to twist it into whatever met the current events of the day and base how the Word of God was to be interpreted based on our limited knowledge. When we realize as humans we don't have it all figured out, only our Creator does, we can let Scripture speak to us rather than coming to Scripture expecting it to tell us what we want to hear in hopes of it matching what we can physically see.3. ConclusionA. If you are looking for a study Bible that clearly presents Scripture in a well known literal translation that is not overwhelmed with volumes of commentary (not that it is always a bad thing) but has the right references and commentaries to help clear up some tough concepts, then this is the Bible you are looking for. I recommend it very highly!