The New Daily Study Bible

The Gospel of

Matthew

Volume I

William Barclay

SAINT ANDREW PRESS

Edinburgh

Published by

SAINT ANDREW PRESS

121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN

© The William Barclay Estate, 1975, 2001

First edition published in 1956 as The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew

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 Matthew 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 0780 6

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.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

Cover design by McColl Productions Ltd, by courtesy of Saint Andrew Press

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent.

© The William Barclay Estate, 1975, 2001

Originally published in 1956 as The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 1 by Saint Andrew Press, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN

Revised and updated by Saint Andrew Press, 2001

Published in the United States by

Westminster John Knox Press

Louisville, Kentucky

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Westminster John Knox Press, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1396.

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.

Cover design by McColl Productions Ltd., by courtesy of Saint Andrew Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barclay, William, 1907–1978.

The Gospel of Matthew / William Barclay.—Rev. and updated. / by St. Andrew Press.

p. cm.—(The new daily study Bible)

ISBN 978-0-664-22491-2 (alk. paper)

1. Bible. N.T. Matthew—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series.

BS2575.53 .B37 2001