HARDback AUGUST 2025 UPDATE Volume 1 LUKE's Gospel & Acts 1-24 with Commentary 696p 13th Edition MIRROR STUDY BIBLE

<p><em>Since my 1st Edition print in 2012 the MSB has become a very bulky book.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>The single book size of </em><strong><em>the 11th Edition</em></strong><em> exceeds 1200 pages so our Print on Demand Ingram publishers would in future print 3 Separate Volumes of approximately 500 pages each.</em></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong><em>This is the First of our set of 3 Volume Formats:</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong><em>Volume 1 </em></strong><em>is dedicated to </em><strong><em>Dr</em></strong><em> </em><strong><em>Luke</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>Luke's brilliant account of the Life of Jesus - The Gospel of Luke</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>& the 1st 9 chapters with commentary of his account of the Acts of the apostles</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><strong><em>My philosophy in doing the Mirror Bible is reflected in the following example:</em></strong></p><p>I do not read music but have often witnessed our son Stefan approach a new piece on the piano. </p><p>His eyes see so much more than mere marks scribbled on a page;</p><p>he hears the music.</p><p>His trained mind engages even the subtleties and the nuances of the original composition and is able to repeat the authentic sound </p><p>knowing that the destiny of the music would never be reduced to the page;</p><p>but is always in the next moment</p><p>where the same intended beauty is heard</p><p>and repeated again!</p><p>The best translation would always be the incarnation!</p><p>I so value the enormity of the revelation of the incarnation.</p><p>Yet before flesh the Word was προς</p><p>face to face with God!</p><p>And fragile text</p><p>scribbled thru the ages in memoirs of stone parchment and papyrus pages -</p><p>carrying eternity in thought</p><p>and continues to translate faith</p><p>to faith!</p><p>Now we have the same spirit of faith as he encountered when he wrote...</p><p>I believe</p><p>and so I speak!</p><p>Conversation ignites!</p><p>Did not our hearts burn within our being when He spoke familiar text of ancient times in the voices of Moses and the prophets and David and Abraham</p><p>who saw his day</p><p>and announced its dawn in our hearts!</p><p>The mystery that was hidden for ages and generations</p><p>is now revealed!</p><p>In dealing daily with ancient text </p><p>rediscovering thoughts buried in time I am often overwhelmed and awed at the magnificence of eternity captured in little time capsules </p><p>opening vistas of beauty beyond our imagination- face to face with the same face to faceness of the Logos </p><p>and God </p><p>and us - conceived in their dream! </p><p>And irresistibly intrigued by the invitation to come and drink - </p><p>to taste and see - </p><p>from the source - </p><p>and to hear a saint reminiscing and reminding himself of the utterance of another earth dweller-brother David who wrote a song 1000 years ago </p><p>Return to your rest oh my soul! </p><p>For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you! </p><p>I believe and so I speak! </p><p>And with fresh wounds bleeding from the many angry blows he was dealt with Paul echoes </p><p>We have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote 'I believe and so I speak!' We too believe and so we speak!</p><p>Let's celebrate the sameness of Jesus </p><p>yesterday - yes as far as history and beyond time can go -</p><p>and today! This very finite fragile moment -</p><p>plus the infinite future! </p><p>Inexhaustible beyond boundaries and the confines of space and time!</p><p>Short Description</p><p>MIRROR STUDY BIBLE VOLUME 1 OF 3</p><p>Featuring Dr. Luke's brilliant account of the Life of Jesus </p><p>& the beginnings of The Acts of the Apostles<