NET Bible (Formerly Lumina‪)‬ 4+

Full Translation & Notes

Biblical Studies Foundation

Designed for iPad

    • 4.1 • 122 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

Lumina allows you to experience the NET Bible with all of its notes for free and in a visually friendly and intuitive way.

- Read the New English Translation (NET) Bible like the book that it is, by swiping through its pages without worrying about chapter boundaries.
- Tap the current passage title to change passages.
- Learn and grow by reading the 58,506 translators’ notes and the associated Bible cross references in popups.
- Highlight/underline passages of interest.
- Bookmark your favorite passages by tapping a verse number.
- Take notes that are tied to verses by tapping a verse number.
- Sync your highlights, notes, and bookmarks with lumina.bible.org and other iOS devices running this App.
- See an indication of your notes when reading the text.
- Search the bible using our fuzzy search that doesn't require you to know all of the words or even the translation it came from.
- Share verses via Twitter, Facebook, Email, and Messaging by tapping a verse number.
- Choose books by using a grid, canonical list, or alphabetical list of books. Force Touch a Book/Chapter to go directly to it.
- Two-finger swipe left/right to navigate your history during sermons and Bible studies.
- Change the font and size of the text.
- Night Reading Mode

The NET Bible is a modern of the Bible with 58,506 translators’ notes! It was completed by more than 25 scholars – experts in the original biblical languages – who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.

What’s New

Version 3.3.6

Updates to reference chooser menu

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5
122 Ratings

122 Ratings

dedm079 ,

VERY detailed

As a non-Christian I was looking for a bible that contained detailed notes about the history of the bible and that contained a healthy dose of literary criticism. This is certainly it. Very detailed, thoughtful notes on translation issues as well as historical, theological and sociological issues. Even cites the specific mss in question when the authenticity of a certain passage is investigated (though the notes do a good job of explaining the evidence to the point that you don't necessarily need to be familiar with the mss themselves). Four stars, however, because even with the exhaustive attention to detail present here, there is still a rather clear bias towards elements of the historicity of the biblical accounts. But, I guess that would be too much to ask of a team of biblical scholars!

Gracejunkie ,

The best online version of the NET Bible translation!

Without a doubt, this bible is the most complete online version of the NET bible translation . And , here’s why.
After visiting the NET official website, you will notice that the complete bible ,with notes, is too large of a file for a Kindle. And, due to the extensive nature of the information in the Bible, it is easy to see why.
If you see an online review of the printed NET Study Bible with all the notes,it’s packed. And , they are formatted to view on each page. The text itself is often smaller than the notes on a page. They mimicked that well by making the notes selectable in the background, so to speak. They open up pop up’s that often scroll through its own set of paragraphs and explanations. Very detailed, but might be too busy for some.
I’m not a bible scholar , but appreciate that all the printed bible content is right there. And, as notes change by the translation teams, my guess is they will update with their own discussion as to why they were modified. And, it’s free to download and read, and easy to navigate. My suggestion is give it a try!

wcmopackrat ,

One think I would like to see fixed.

I love the app and it is one of the best resources I have. I especially like the translator's notes as well as the study notes. One thing that is a minor annoyance on the iPad and iPhone apps is that when a verse is highlighted, the page normally changes and it is necessary to go to the other page to highlight any additional verses. Sometimes this happens more than once when trying to highlight a passage. Like I said, I really like the app overall, but this is something I would really like to be fixed in a future update. It's the only thing that kept me from giving a 5 star rating.

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