Scofield Reference Bible Notes vs NKJV Bible Commentary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scofield Reference Bible Notes
This app provides the full text of the King James Version Bible with integrated commentary and cross-referencing. It offers historical notes and thematic connections to deepen biblical understanding.
- King James Version Bible text
- Integrated Scofield commentary
- Cross-referencing system
- Thematic verse connections
- Historical dating of events
- Dispensationalist framework
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The Scofield Reference Bible Commentary is a widely circulated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, which popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century. Published by Oxford University Press and containing the entire text of the traditional, Protestant King James Version, it first appeared in 1909 and was revised by the author in 1917 The Scofield Reference Bible had several innovative features. Most important, it printed what amounted to a commentary on the biblical text alongside the Bible instead of in a separate volume, the first to do so since the Geneva Bible (1560). It also contained a cross-referencing system that tied together related verses of Scripture and allowed a reader to follow biblical themes from one chapter and book to another (so called "chain references"). Finally, the 1917 edition also attempted to date events of the Bible. It was in the pages of the Scofield Reference Bible that many Christians first encountered Archbishop James Ussher's calculation of the date of Creation as 4004 BC; and through discussion of Scofield's notes, which advocated the "gap theory," fundamentalists began a serious internal debate about the nature and chronology of creation. The Scofield Bible was published only a few years before World War I, a war that destroyed the cultural optimism that had viewed the world as entering a new era of peace and prosperity; then the post-World War II era witnessed the creation in Israel of a homeland for the Jews. Thus, Scofield's premillennialism seemed prophetic. "At the popular level, especially, many people came to regard the dispensationalist scheme as completely vindicated." Sales of the Reference Bible exceeded two million copies by the end of World War II. The Scofield Reference Bible promoted dispensationalism, the belief that between creation and the final judgment there would be seven distinct eras of God's dealing with man and that these eras are a framework for synthesizing the message of the Bible. It was largely through the influence of Scofield's notes that dispensationalism grew in influence among fundamentalist Christians in the United States. Scofield's notes on the Book of Revelation are a major source for the various timetables, judgments, and plagues elaborated on by popular religious writers such as Hal Lindsey, Edgar C. Whisenant, and Tim LaHaye; and in part because of the success of the Scofield Reference Bible, twentieth-century American fundamentalists placed greater stress on eschatological speculation. Opponents of biblical fundamentalism have criticized the Scofield Bible for its air of total authority in biblical interpretation, for what they consider its glossing over of biblical contradictions, and for its focus on eschatology. The 1917 Scofield Reference Bible notes are now in the public domain, and the Bible is "consistently the best selling edition of the Scofield Bible" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.In 1967, Oxford University Press published a revision of the Scofield Bible with a slightly modernized KJV text, and a muting of some of the tenets of Scofield's theology. Recent editions of the KJV Scofield Study Bible have moved the textual changes made in 1967 to the margin. The Press continues to issue editions under the title Oxford Scofield Study Bible, and there are translations into French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese Feature of Scofield Reference Bible Notes app 1. Bible Commentaries about books and Chapters of books 2. Navigate between books and chapters easily 3. Beautiful design and great user experiences 4. Track your progress reading book easily 5. Share nice verses with beautiful background image. 6. King James Bible attached book 7. Clickable links to KJV verses! 8.Highlight/underline part of commentary 9.Add notes/bookmarks
NKJV Bible Commentary
Explore the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary from the Old and New Testaments. This app provides in-depth insights and reference links to help you understand scripture more deeply.
- NKJV Bible text
- Complete Old and New Testament commentary
- Verse-by-verse explanations
- Reference links within comments
- Deepen understanding of scripture
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The NKJV is an update of the original King James Version Bible. The application contains Bible with complete commentary from the Old and New Testament. The commentaries are verse by verse. The comments will be helpful to dive deeper into the Word of God. The comments also includes reference links which can be easily located with a single tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scofield Reference Bible Notes at 80% against NKJV Bible Commentary's 0%. Scofield Reference Bible Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). NKJV Bible Commentary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scofield Reference Bible Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NKJV Bible Commentary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scofield Reference Bible Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scofield Reference Bible Notes has 226 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Scofield Reference Bible Notes's written reviews are positive against 0% of NKJV Bible Commentary's.
| Parameter | Scofield Reference Bible Notes | NKJV Bible Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (226 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tuong The Nghia | Pradeep Thapa |
Customer experience
Scofield Reference Bible Notes
NKJV Bible Commentary
In-app purchases
Scofield Reference Bible Notes
- Premium$1.99
NKJV Bible Commentary
No in-app purchases
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