Different Types of Notes
One thing that might be confusing at first glance is why the ESV has different types of notes, indicated by different types of shading.
The answer has to do with the outline.
For example, in the outline to the book of Revelation, here are the first two headings:
Related to this you can see our three different levels of notes:
The first type covers the main heading of the outline, and is within a shaded box:
The next note, with just the section title shaded, is a summary of the second point of the outline:
The third type of note, then, looks at the individual verses within those sections:
