The New Daily Study Bible
The Revelation of John
Volume 1
Published by
SAINT ANDREW PRESS
121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
© The William Barclay Estate, 1976, 2004
First edition published in 1959 as The Daily Study Bible: The Revelation of John 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 Revelation of John in 2004
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 0795 4
eISBN 978 0 8615 3652 8
The right of William Barclay to be identified as author of this work has been asserted according to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
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TO
ALL THOSE READERS
WHO BEGAN WITH ME
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SERIES
AND WHO HAVE PERSEVERED WITH ME
TO THIS THE END
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 Revelation of John
The Means of God’s Revelation (1:1–3) (contd)
Servants of God (1:1–3) (contd)
Those who are Blessed (1:1–3) (contd)
The Message and its Destination (1:4–6)
The Blessing and its Source (1:4–6) (contd)
The Sevenfold Spirit (1:4–6) (contd)
The Titles of Jesus (1:4–6) (contd)
What Jesus did for us (1:4–6) (contd)
The God in whom we Trust (1:8)
Through Tribulation to the Kingdom (1:9)
The Island of Banishment (1:9) (contd)
In the Spirit on the Lord’s Day (1:10–11)
The Divine Messenger (1:12–13)
The Picture of the Risen Christ (1:14–19)
The Titles of the Risen Lord (1) (1:14–19) (contd)
The Titles of the Risen Lord (2) (1:14–19) (contd)
The Churches and their Angels (1:20)
Ephesus: First and Greatest (2:1–7) (contd)
Ephesus: Christ and his Church (2:1–7) (contd)
Ephesus: When Orthodoxy Costs too Much (2:1–7) (contd)
Ephesus: The Steps on the Return Journey (2:1–7) (contd)
