Parallel Passages and the Passage Guide
Some events in the Bible are recorded in more than one location. The different verses that describe the same biblical event are called parallel passages. The resources listing the parallel passages are called harmonies. Logos combines these two into an automated report called Parallel Passages and Harmonies located at Tools | Bible Comparison.
Regarding this report I recently received this question:
Is there a way to go from the passage I am studying to that particular passage in a Harmony? I find myself mostly skipping the Harmonies of the OT and NT because it takes so long to find what I want there.
Excellent question! Hopefully the answer will be helpful to you:
The Passage Guide is the solution for the question.
- Open the Passage Guide (PG) from the toolbar or at Tools | Bible Study | Passage Guide
- Open a Bible
- Tile the windows at Window | Tile Vertically
- Link the PG and Bible to Set A using the chain link icon on each window
- Jump to a location in your Bible like Ex 20 and you'll notice the PG go there as well
- One section of the PG is Parallel Passages and Harmonies (PPH)
Obviously the PG is giving you a lot more info than PPH. You have 2 choices to limit the info in the PG
You can click the Properties icon on the PG and uncheck the information you don't want to appear.
OR
- Generate a complete PG report like you did above for Ex 20
- Click the minus sign (-) next to each section in the report like Commentaries, Cross References, etc. This will turn the minus sign to a plus sign (+) and pause the search for that section. When you need the information just click the plus sign.
For example, click all of the minus signs in the report except PPH. Go to Mt 16.18 in your Bible and the PG only lists the PPH with all of the other sections still collapsed!