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Through Booksneeze, Thomas Nelson Publishers blogger review program, I received The Voice New Testament to review. The style was engaging,      I read through Luke 1-9 in one sitting and it wasn’t tedius at all. the inline notes were good, but mostly directed towards beginning level historical background knowledge. There was one passage where I think the writers may have taken a little too much interpretative leeway. They made a part that is not quite understandable to make a lot more sense than it should have.

Luke 5:37-39 (NIV): ³⁷And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. ³⁸No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. ³⁹And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

Luke 5:37-39 (The Voice): And nobody takes freshly squeezed juice and puts it into old, stiff wineskins. If he did, the fresh wine would make hte old skins burst open and both the wine and the wineskins would be ruined. New demands new-new wine for new wineskins. Anyway, those who’ve never tasted the new wine won’t know what they’re missing; they’ll always say, “The old wine is good enough for me!”

Overall, I would recommend this version for someone who is looking for a version to read in large chunks. It lends itself well to long reading, but not for study. The notes probably won’t add much to the knowledge of those who have had teaching in Bible history.