Bishop: The SWORD Project
CrossWire Bible Society Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Bishop: The SWORD Project is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by CrossWire Bible Society. Rated 4.4/5 from 14 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.4
- 14 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 23 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v1.8.0
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About Bishop: The SWORD Project
The SWORD Project for Apple is a Bible research application which works with the vast library of resources (2000+ Bibles, commentaries, lexica, and more) published for use with The SWORD Project from the CrossWire Bible Society. Unique tools include ancient New Testament manuscript research utilizing the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room resources from the Institute for New Testament Text Research. The application is available in: Afrikaans, български, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Magyar, Italiano, Lietuvių, Myanmar (Burmese), Nederlands, Polskie, Português, Slovenščina, Русский, Slovenčina, Tok Pisin, Tiếng Việt, Chinese. Bibles are available in hundreds of languages.
Ratings & reviews
4.4
14 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.8.0 · Updated October 12, 2026
New in 1.8.0: - New default theme, Plain, with light/dark/follow system; a redesigned menu, picker and settings - Swipe to turn chapters; edge-to-edge reading; double-wide Bible columns - Word Study: tap a word for Strong's, morphology and lexica, with the lemma highlighted across parallel columns - Bookmark folders with colours, notes, verse tinting, and PocketSword/Xiphos imports; study data on Google Drive or iCloud - Ribbons: named reading contexts with their own place and Back history - Search by all words, any word or phrase, within a scope; Strong's number search - Display options from the installed modules; devotional date picker; sword:// and bible:// links - Manuscripts panel exploring the INTF Liste, with chapter coverage by date; NTVMR and CoptOT - Library: install by language, state icons, verified downloads, the basic module set bundled - BibleSync: share verses on local network with study groups
App privacy
The developer, CrossWire Bible Society, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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