this day In Luke, "day by day."

our daily bread The Greek word translated "daily" occurs only in the Lord's Prayer here and Luke 11:3, it is not found in any classical author. The rendering of the E. V. "daily" as nearly as possible represents the probable force of the word, which is strictly (bread) "for the coming day," i. e. for the day now beginning. Others render "bread for the future," taking bread in a spiritual sense; others, following a different etymology, translate "bread of subsistence." Bread, primarily the bread on which we subsist (see Prof. Lightfoot in appendix to his work On a Fresh Revision of the N. T.); subsistence as distinct from luxury; but the spiritual meaning cannot be excluded, Christ the Bread of Life is the Christian's daily food.

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