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Why This Site Exists
Why does this website exist? Why do people like Doctor Dave and David Cox create/convert materials into e-Sword (and other) formats? Why should you care who has easy access to e-Sword modules? THIS is why we're uploading over 100 modules a day....
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Rick Gives our Ministry a Boost!
I was puzzled yesterday evening because we were getting 25% more new member registrations than normal, as we've never had 60 in a single day. I couldn't figure out where the new members were coming from. I checked the website traffic logs to se...
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BibleSupport.com Bandwidth Growth
The Lord continues to bless our outreach, as shown by our bandwidth numbers below. Most of our stats are visible from the front page of BibleSupport.com--total number of files downloaded, total members, new members today, etc. One stat that isn't provi...
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e-Sword 10.0.4 Released (Test Drive Version)
10.0.4 Released Rick has released 10.0.4. One bug fix I notice is that the Parallel Bible and Harmony features now have better zooms. Rather than just enlarging the text, the text is enlarged and re-flowed so horizontal scrolling is not necessary. I...
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e-Sword 10.0.5 Final Released
Rick Meyers has released e-Sword 10.0.5 Final. Click here to download 10.0.5 Final What's New in e-Sword 10? e-Sword 10 brings powerful new features to make your Bible study more productive. Rick Meyers listened to users’ feedback and delivered...
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e-Sword Module Installer (for non-technical users)
One of the biggest support burdens in running a site of this size is answering questions about installing modules. Our library of modules contains some self installing modules which work great. But many downloads are not self installing. And some users...
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The Pulpit Commentary for e-Sword: Born Again
People use their time to make all kinds of things.They make war, love, fun, messes, trouble, money, and excuses...to name a few.But James Rice makes modules. Big ones. James got in the trenches. He got his hands dirty. And from his hard work, the Pulp...
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One Million e-Sword Modules Downloaded
Thank you to everyone who created modules, uploaded modules, negotiated with copyright holders, and helped spread the word about this website, e-Sword, and the Gospel itself! And thank God for affording us this incredible, limited-time opportunity...
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ToolTip NT for e-Sword Turns 1
A year ago, give or take a day or two, our friend Brent started work on ToolTip NT (also called T4), the successor to ToolTip 3. ToolTip NT is an e-Sword authoring tool, allowing anyone to make e-Sword modules. Or at least that's how it started. Now i...
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Jesus is the Reason for the Season
The greatest gift of all: [url="http://vimeo.com/54566616#"]] Merry Christmas!
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e-Sword 10.4 Released
e-Sword 10.4 is available for download! New Find on Page button located next to the Search button on each view's toolbar. This Find feature makes locating content easier on large articles, such as those in many commentaries, dictionaries and reference...
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e-Sword HD for the iPad
Now you can take e-Sword with you—on your iPad! e-Sword HD runs on the iPad and it brings with it all the familiarity from the PC version of e-Sword. (I am in the process of moving to a new house and I apologize for my delay in writing this update...
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e-Sword 10.0.7 Released
e-Sword version 10.0.7 was posted today. It contains bug fixes and general performance improvements. Download here .By the way, if you find e-Sword to be useful in your Bible study, might I encourage you -- as one e-Sword user to another -- to make a...
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Annotated Bible Commentary for e-Sword
It's time to embarrass a good friend of mine who has no idea I'm posting this. People are quick to ask for time consuming requests that they want you to do. Few are willing to to spend their time to make it happen.James (Cato ) spent many ho...
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e-Sword 10.2 Sneak Peak
e-Sword 10.2 will be released soon. Here's a sneak peak of what's coming:Scripture references in the Bible view that have associated Study Notes will now display a wavy underline (in the Bible view). This is your reminder that a Study note exists for t...
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e-Sword Version 11.1 Released 8-25-2017
e-Sword version 11.1 released 8-25-2017 This build includes the latest versions of third-party components used within e-Sword. Many little enhancements and bug fixes.
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E-Sword 12.1.0 Released 10/4/19
Oct 17 2019 06:41 AM | billhuff2002 in News
e-Sword 12.1 Update NotesDownloader updated to accomodate the AMG Publishers titles now being sold through eStudySource.e-Sword 12.0 Update NotesNew Low Light display setting to make viewing the text easier on your eyes.New App Themes to further custom...
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e-Sword 10.3 Released
e-Sword 10.4 is now available .This is mostly a maintenance upgrade. For exmple, the Text Control used to render text in has been upgraded.The e-Sword splash page (shown during loading) and the Windows icon have also been updated.The official change lo...
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BibleSupport.com Passes 100,000 Downloads
Since the middle of June, BibleSupport.com has served over 100,000 downloads to e-Sword and MySword users all over the world! With nearly 2,500 members, that averages to 40 files per member. Our Top 10 Downloaders are: dedewijaya - 5402MikeP - 262...
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e-Sword version 9.9 released
e-Sword version 9.9 changes from 9.8 All of the Search dialogs have been completely redesigned! The layout, functionality, and results are greatly enhanced, providing even more information for study.The new hotkey Ctrl+Shift+S will open the Extende...
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Complete Pulpit Commentary for e-Sword
Now available for e-Sword:The Pulpit Commentary , 1880 - 1919 by Joseph S. Exell, Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. One of the largest and best-selling homiletical commentary sets of its kind. Directed by editors Joseph Exell and Henry Donald Maurice...
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Feel the Power ... of Sphinx Search
This site runs on IPBoard. IPBoard is great in many respects, but searching just isn't one of them. Some complained about the terrible search feature, which required (nearly) an exact match to the query entered.I've installed Sphinx search capa...
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Changes to the Downloads Area
I've made a few changes to the e-Sword Downloads Area. If you disagree with these changes, please comment on this post. Download Categories Since very few people use e-Sword 8 ([s]and since no one should use e-Sword 8 ), I restructured the Categori...
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New e-Sword Modules
Today, we broke the 5,000 download mark. That means e-Sword users have downloaded over 5,000 e-Sword modules!Someone graciously provided me with 5 gigs of e-Sword modules. How many of these can we post? How many do we already have? Too early to tel...
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Top Downloads This Month
- FOR WINDOWS PC ONLY e-Sword Module Installer
Downloads: 501 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Expositors Bible - 49 Volume Set - Commentary Format Available
Downloads: 388 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Greek-English Bible (biblehub.com; Berean Interlinear; Strong's no.; morphology; transilteration)
Downloads: 376 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - The Jewish Encyclopedia Reference Module version
Downloads: 309 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Hebrew Study Bible (Interlinear Hebrew Old Testament with Strong's numbers and transliteration)
Downloads: 303 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Abilene Christian College Bible Lectureships
Downloads: 275 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - e-Sword ToolTip Tool NT(only runs in Windows environment)
Downloads: 212 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - https://marvel.bible - Ver.1.4; Parsed BHS (PC & Apple); Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Enhanced; Interlinear; Parsing; Strong's; BHS concordance; TWOT no.; Gesenius Lexicon; BDB; BHS & KJV versifications, etc.); SHEBANQ; ETCBC 4b; Hebrew bib
Downloads: 190 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - The Jewish Encyclopedia
Downloads: 187 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - McClintock, John & Strong, James - Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature (12 vols)
Downloads: 155 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - e-Sword User's Guide PDF v.10.4
Downloads: 138 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament
Downloads: 129 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - The Book of Enoch (Reference Book & Topic Note Formats).
Downloads: 122 - e-Sword 10 - BDB/Thayer/Strong Definitions + KJ Concordance + TVM All in One Dictionary
Downloads: 95 - e-Sword: 9, 10 - Utley, Bob - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series (OT/NT 23 vols)
Downloads: 90 - e-Sword: 9, 10