The New Daily Study Bible
The Gospel of
Mark
Published by
SAINT ANDREW PRESS
121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
© The William Barclay Estate, 1975, 2001
First edition published in 1954 as The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Mark 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 Mark 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 0782 2
eISBN 978 0 8615 3639 9
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TO
ALL LIBRARIANS
AND KEEPERS OF BOOKS
WITHOUT WHOSE HELP
NO AUTHOR
COULD EVER HOPE TO WRITE A BOOK
AND IN PARTICULAR
TO J.M.
TO WHOM I HAVE CAUSED ENDLESS TROUBLE
AND FROM WHOM I HAVE RECEIVED ENDLESS KINDNESS
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 Mark
The Beginning of the Story (1:1–4)
The Herald of the King (1:5–8)
The Message of the Good News (1:14–15)
Jesus Chooses his Friends (1:16–20)
Jesus Begins his Campaign (1:21–2)
The First Victory over the Powers of Evil (1:23–8)
The Beginning of the Crowds (1:32–4)
The Quiet Hour and the Challenge of Action (1:35–9)
The Leper is Cleansed (1:40–5)
A Faith that would not be Denied (2:1–6)
The Unanswerable Argument (2:7–12)
The Call of the Man whom Everyone Hated (2:13–14)
Where the Need is Greatest (2:15–17)
The Necessity of Staying Young in Mind (2:21–2)
Piety, Real and False (2:23–8)
In the Midst of the Crowds (3:7–12)
The Verdict of his Family (3:20–1)
Alliance or Conquest? (3:22–7)
The Sin for which there is no Forgiveness (3:28–30)
The Conditions of Kinship (3:31–5)