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© The William Barclay Estate, 1976, 2003
First edition published in 1953 as The Daily Study Bible: The Acts of the Apostles Revised edition published in 1976 This third edition fully revised and updated by Saint Andrew Press and published as The New Daily Study Bible: The Acts of the Apostles in 2003
Reprinted 2007
The Scripture quotations contained herein are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.
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IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
W. D. B. AND B. L. B.
FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD
THE NAME OF JESUS
AND IN WHOSE LIVES
I FIRST SAW HIM
CONTENTS
Series Foreword (by Ronnie Barclay)
General Introduction (by William Barclay, 1975)
General Foreword (by John Drane)
Editor’s Preface (by Linda Foster)
Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles
The Kingdom and its Witnesses (1:6–8)
The Glory of Departure and the Glory of Return (1:9–11)
The Fate of the Traitor (1:12–20)
The Qualifications of an Apostle (1:21–6)
The Characteristics of the Church (2:42–7)
A Notable Deed is Done (3:1–10)
The Shame of the Cross (3:11–16)
The Notes of Preaching (3:17–26)
The Triumphant Return (4:23–31)
Trouble in the Church (5:1–11)
The Attraction of Christianity (5:12–16)
Arrest and Trial Once Again (5:17–32)
The First Office-bearers (6:1–7)
A Champion of Freedom Arises (6:8–15)
The Man who Answered God’s Call (7:1–7)
The Man who Never Forgot his Own People (7:17–36)
A Disobedient People (7:37–53)
The First of the Martyrs (7:54–8:1)