The sidebars project can contain larger sections of topical content which are associated with a general area in the scripture reference text, but usually not a specific verse or word.
Each book in the study Bible sidebars project should contain all chapter (\c) and verse markers (\v) corresponding to the reference text project. The simplest method to accomplish this is to select the option to "Include all chapter and verse numbers" when creating a new book in the notes project. This creates a helpful structure for entering note content into, and also assists the author in quickly identifying areas of text where note content is concentrated or sparse.
Content can be added to the sidebars project at the appropriate chapter/verse location using the following syntax:
· | Indicate the start of a sidebar content section with the marker \esb. |
· | Any USFM introduction elements can be included within a sidebar section, which ends with the next sidebar marker (\esb), or the end of the current chapter. |
· | Illustrations can be added to sidebar content sections using the USFM \fig...\fig* marker. |
Text - Mark 1 (GNSB)
\v 14
\esb
\ms Fish and Fishing
\ip In Jesus' time, fishing took place mostly on lake Galilee, because Jewish people could not use many of the harbors along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, since these harbors were often controlled by unfriendly neighbors. The most common fish in the Lake of Galilee were carp and catfish. The Law of Moses allowed people to eat any fish with fins and scales, but since catfish lack scales (as do eels and sharks) they were not to be eaten (\xt Lev 11.9-12\xt*). Fish were also probably brought from Tyre and Sidon, where they were dried and salted.
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\ip Among early Christians, the fish was a favorite image for Jesus, because the Greek word for fish (\tl ichthus\tl*) consists of the first letters of the Greek words that tell who Jesus is: \fig Christian Fish Image|christfish.jpg||||Ihsous Christos Theou Uios Swthr|\fig*
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