THE IGNATIUS CATHOLIC STUDY BIBLE

Revised Standard Version

Second Catholic Edition

THE NEW TESTAMENT

translated from the original tongues being the version set forth a.d. 1611

old and new testaments revised a.d. 1881–1885 and a.d. 1901

(apocrypha revised a.d. 1894)

compared with the most ancient authorities and revised a.d. 1946 and 1952

(apocrypha revised a.d. 1957)

the original catholic edition of the rsv translation was prepared by the catholic biblical association of great britain in a.d. 1965

this edition was revised according to liturgiam authenticam

2002

IGNATIUS PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO

Published with ecclesiastical approval.

Original RSV Bible text:

Nihil obstat: Thomas Hanlon, S.T.L., L.S.S, Ph.L.

Imprimatuir: + Peter W. Bertholome, D.D.

Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota

May 11, 1966

Second Catholic Edition approved under the same imprimatur by the

Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices,

National Conference of Catholic Bishops

February 29, 2000

Introduction, commentaries, and notes:

Nihil obstat: Rev. Msgr. J. Warren Holleran, S.T.D.

Imprimatur: + Most Rev. George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco,

January 13, 2010

The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.

Second Catholic Edition approved by the

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA

The Scripture contained herein is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Catholic Edition, copyrighted 1946, 1965, and 1966 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and it is used by permission. All rights reserved.

Cover art: The Four Evangelists, by Christopher J. Pelicano

Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum

Published by Ignatius Press in 2010

Bible text: Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition

© 2000 and 2006 by the Division of Christian Education of the

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

All rights reserved

Introduction to the New Testament and Matthew, commentaries, and revisions

© 2010 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco

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ISBN 978-1-58617-250-3 (PB)

ISBN 978-1-58617-484-2 (HB)

ISBN 978-1-58617-485-9 (LB)

Library of Congress Control Number 200941682

CONTENTS

Introduction to the 1966 Edition

Abbreviations for the Books of the Bible

Introduction to the Gospels

THE NEW TESTAMENT

The Gospel according to Saint Matthew

Introduction

Commentary

The Gospel according to Saint Mark

Introduction

Commentary

The Gospel according to Saint Luke

Introduction

Commentary

The Gospel according to Saint John

Introduction

Commentary

The Acts of the Apostles

Introduction

Commentary

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

Introduction

Commentary

The First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

Introduction

Commentary

The Second Letter of ...