The New Daily Study Bible
The Gospel of
Luke
Published by
SAINT ANDREW PRESS
121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
© The William Barclay Estate, 1975, 2001
First edition published in 1953 as The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke Revised edition published in 1975 This third edition fully revised and updated by Saint Andrew Press and published as The New Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke in 2001
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.
ISBN 0 7152 0783 0
eISBN 978 0 8615 3640 5
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TO THE KIRK SESSION OF TRINITY CHURCH, RENFREW, OVER WHOM GOD CALLED METO PRESIDE FROM 1933 TO 1946 AND IN PARTICULAR TO M.R. AND J.B.K., MEN OF GOD
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 Gospel of Luke
A Historian’s Introduction (1:1–4)
God’s Message to Mary (1:26–38)
The Paradox of Blessedness (1:39–45)
The Ancient Ceremonies are Observed (2:21–4)
The Dawning Realization (2:41–52)
The Courier of the King (3:1–6)
John’s Summons to Repentance (3:7–18)
The Hour Strikes for Jesus (3:21–2)
The Lineage of Jesus (3:23–38)
The Battle with Temptation (4:1–13)
The Galilaean Springtime (4:14–15)
Without Honour in his Own Country (4:16–30)
The Spirit of an Unclean Devil (4:31–7)
A Miracle in a Cottage (4:38–9)
The Conditions of a Miracle (5:1–11)
Touching the Untouchable (5:12–15)
The Opposition Intensifies (5:16–17)
The Guest of an Outcast (5:27–32)
The Increasing Opposition (6:1–5)