SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS EDITION This particular edition of the King James Version has a number of additional features that will help you get the most out of your Bible reading: • Introductions appear before all 66 books of the Bible. These small boxes will help orient you as you read God's Word. • Cross References. Found in the center column of each page, these references elaborate on certain verses by pointing to other verses in the Bible. • Nearly 6,500 Study Notes. Found at the bottom of each page, these notes help explain difficult wording and provide important background information that will help you better understand the Bible text. All study notes in this volume have been selected and adapted from the Layman's Bible Commentary Series released by Barbour Publishing. • * Messianic Prophecy Icons. Found in the cross reference column, these icons clearly mark the prophecies of Jesus birth, ministry, and death. • PP Parallel Passages Icons notate other biblical passages that describe the same event, allowing you to easily find and compare them. • QứA Articles. These articles appear throughout the Bible, providing biblical answers to some of your burning questions about people and events of the Bible. • Full-Page Articles provide more in-depth information about interesting topics. • Subject Headings in the text appear throughout the pages of this Bible, which will help you follow the message as well as find your favorite passages. • Words of Christ in Red. As you read the pages of the New Testament, you'll find that the words spoken directly by the Lord Jesus Christ are marked in red. • Bold Verse Numbers appear whenever a new paragraph begins in the Bible text. The paragraph extends until the next bold verse number. • A Dictionary/Concordance, appearing in the back of the Bible, will help you find favorite Bible passages while providing important definitions to difficult words. • Illustrated Maps appear in the back of this Bible, which will help you better visualize and understand where many of the Bible stories took place.