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Jesus Teaches His Disciples the Lord’s Prayer Excerpt Versions of this prayer appear in both Matthew ( 6:9–13 ) and Luke ( 11:2–4 ); most scholars accept the original form of the prayer that stands behind these Gospels as authentic (Witherington 1990:204). Jesus here probably adapts an early form of what became a basic synagogue prayer, the Kaddish* (Vermes 1984:43; Davies and Allison 1988:595), which began something like this (Jeremias 1964:98): Exalted and hallowed be his great name in the world which he created according to his will. May he let his kingdom rule … Although Jesus’ ministry sets the elements of the prayer in a new context—the future kingdom is present in a hidden way in the future King, Jesus of Nazareth ( Mt  8:29 ;  13:31–33 )—the first disciples must have heard in Jesus’ words an exhortation to seek God’s coming kingdom ( 4:17 ;  6:33 ) by praying for it to come. Neither the Kaddish nor Jesus’ sample prayer is a prayer for the complacen...

Jesus Teaches His Disciples the Lord’s Prayer Excerpt Versions of this prayer appear in both Matthew ( 6:9–13 ) and Luke ( 11:2–4 ); most scholars accept the original form of the prayer that stands behind these Gospels as authentic (Witherington 1990:204). Jesus here probably adapts an early form of what became a basic synagogue prayer, the Kaddish* (Vermes 1984:43; Davies and Allison 1988:595), which began something like this (Jeremias 1964:98): Exalted and hallowed be his great name in the world which he created according to his will . May he let his kingdom rule … Although Jesus’ ministry sets the elements of the prayer in a new context—the future kingdom is present in a hidden way in the future King , Jesus of Nazareth ( Mt  8:29 ;  13:31–33 )—the first disciples must have heard in Jesus’ words an exhortation to seek God’s coming kingdom ( 4:17 ;  6:33 ) by praying for it to come. Neither the Kaddish nor Jesus’ sample prayer is a prayer for t...

Jesus Teaches His Disciples the Lord’s Prayer Excerpt Versions of this prayer appear in both Matthew ( 6:9–13 ) and Luke ( 11:2–4 ); most scholars accept the original form of the prayer that stands behind these Gospels as authentic (Witherington 1990:204). Jesus here probably adapts an early form of what became a basic synagogue prayer, the Kaddish * (Vermes 1984:43; Davies and Allison 1988:595), which began something like this (Jeremias 1964:98): Exalted and hallowed be his great name in the world which he created according to his will. May he let his kingdom rule … Although Jesus’ ministry sets the elements of the prayer in a new context—the future kingdom is present in a hidden way in the future King, Jesus of Nazareth ( Mt  8:29 ;  13:31–33 )—the first disciples must have heard in Jesus’ words an exhortation to seek God’s coming kingdom ( 4:17 ;  6:33 ) by praying for it to come. Neither the Kaddish nor Jesus’ sample prayer is a prayer for the complace...