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William Barclay


Born
in Wick, Scotland, The United Kingdom
December 05, 1907

Died
January 24, 1978

Genre
Religion, History


WIlliam Barclay was a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister, and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. He wrote a popular set of Bible commentaries on the New Testament that sold 1.5 million copies.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 5,068 ratings · 534 reviews · 611 distinct works • Similar authors
The Gospel of Matthew Volume I
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4.34 avg rating — 341 ratings — 42 editions
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The Gospel of Luke
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4.30 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1975 — 36 editions
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The Gospel of Mark
4.43 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1954 — 40 editions
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The Letter to the Romans (T...
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The Acts of the Apostles (D...
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The Gospel of John: Volume 1
4.42 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions
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The Gospel of John (New Dai...
4.31 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1955 — 14 editions
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The Letters to the Galatian...
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The Letters to the Corinthians
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The Letter to the Hebrews
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Series by William Barclay

The Gospel of Matthew Volume I The Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Luke The Gospel of John (New Dai... The Acts of the Apostles The Letter to the Romans The Letters to the Corinthians
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“Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
― William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke - Enlarged Print Edition
tags: christianity, jesus, misattributed, quote
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“There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.”
― William Barclay
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“Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.”
― William Barclay
tags: prayer, work
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