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       SAINT ANDREW PRESS

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      © The William Barclay Estate, 1975, 2001

      First edition published in 1955 as The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John 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 John in 2001 Reprinted 2005

      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 0784 9

       eISBN 978 0 8615 3641 2

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       CONTENTS

       Series Foreword (by Ronnie Barclay)

       General Introduction (by William Barclay, 1975)

       General Foreword (by John Drane)

       Editor’s Preface (by Linda Foster)

       Introduction (by John Drane)

       Introduction to the Gospel of John

       The Word (1:1–18)

       The Word Became Flesh

       The Eternal Word (1:1–2)

       The Creator of All Things (1:3)

       Life and Light (1:4)

       Life and Light (1:4) (contd)

       The Hostile Dark (1:5)

       The Witness to Jesus Christ (1:6–8)

       The Light of All People (1:9)

       Unrecognized (1:10–11)

       Unrecognized (1:10–11) (contd)

       Children of God (1:12–13)

       The Word Became Flesh (1:14)

       The Word Became Flesh (1:14) (contd)

       The Word Became Flesh (1:14) (contd)

       The Inexhaustible Fullness (1:15–17)

       The Revelation of God (1:18)

       The Witness of John (1:19–28)

       The Witness of John (1:19–28) (contd)

       The Lamb of God (1:29–31)

       The Coming of the Spirit (1:32–4)

       The First Disciples (1:35–9)

       Sharing the Glory (1:40–2)

       The Surrender of Nathanael (1:43–51)

       The New Exhilaration (2:1–11)

       The New Exhilaration (2:1–11) (contd)

       The New Exhilaration (2:1–11) (contd)

       The Anger of Jesus (2:12–16)

       The Anger of Jesus (2:12–16) (contd)

       The Anger of Jesus (2:12–16) (contd)

       The New Temple (2:17–22)

       The Searcher of Human Hearts (2:23–5)

       The Man Who Came by Night (3:1–6)

       The Man Who Came by Night (3:1–6) (contd)

       Born