Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 6:9
(3) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(3) A true sum and form of all christian prayers.
(3) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(3) A true sum and form of all christian prayers.
Verse Matthew 6:9. _AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE_] Forms of prayer were frequent among the Jews; and every public teacher gave one to his disciples. Some forms were drawn out to a considerable...
This passage contains the Lord’s prayer, a composition unequalled for comprehensiveness and for beauty. It is supposed that some of these petitions were taken from those in common use among the Jews....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE LIFE OF THE PHARISEES. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer (Matthew 6:7) has parallels in Lk. MATTHEW 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects of the mechani...
III. TEACHING THE DISCIPLES TO PRAY. 9. AFTER THIS MANNER PRAY YE. The Savior does not bid us use these words, nor command any set form, but gives this as. proper example of prayer, simple, brief, c...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
So, then, pray in this way: Our Father in heaven, let your name be held holy: Let your Kingdom come: Let your will be done, as in heaven, so upon earth: Give us to-day bread for the coming day: Forgiv...
AFTER, &C. Compare "When". Luke 11:2. OUR FATHER. See Exodus 4:22.Deuteronomy 32:6, &c. The idolater could say to his idol "Thou art my father", so Israel was bound to do So ...
_Our Father_ It is of the essence of Christian prayer that God should be addressed as a Father to whose love we appeal, not as a God whose anger we appease. The analogy removes nearly all the real dif...
The Lord's Prayer St Luke 11:2-4, where the prayer is found in a different connection, and is given by our Lord in answer to a request from the disciples to teach them to pray, "even as John taught h...
THE LORD’S PRAYER St Luke 11:2-4, where the prayer is found in a different connection, and is given by our Lord in answer to a request from the disciples to teach them to pray, ‘even as John taught h...
VER 9. "AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE: OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BY THY NAME." Gloss: Amongst His other saving instructions and divine lessons, wherewith He counsels believers, H...
_THE ACTION OF PRAYING MATTHEW 6:5-15_ : Prayer is to be a simple petition from a child (Christian) to his Father (God). We are not to pray to be "seen of men" but to be "heard of God." Prayer involve...
ΟΎΤΩΣ (G3779) так, следующим образом. Возможно, подразумевается, что это лишь пример того, как надлежит молиться, а не формула для механического повторения (DA; DJG, 619-23). ΆΓΙΑΣΘΉΤΩ _aor. imper. p...
DISCOURSE: 1313 HALLOWING GOD’S NAME Matthew 6:9. _After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name_. IT is of the utmost importance to every human being, to...
AFTER THIS MANNER, THEREFORE, PRAY YE— The Lord Jesus Christ gives his disciples a form of prayer, as was usually done by the Jewish masters; John the Baptist had taught his disciples to pray, Luke 11...
D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 3. HIS MOTIVE FOR PRAYING TO GOD. (Matthew 6:5-15,) TEXT: 6:5-15 5. And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to s...
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. AFTER THIS MANNER, [ Houtoos (G3779 ) MORE SIMPLY, 'THUS,'] THEREFORE PRAY YE. The "ye" [ humeis (G5210)]...
1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse w...
MAXIMS FOR PRAYER, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER. Perhaps the most significant v. of this section is Matthew 6:8, 'Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.' Christians, therefore, a...
THE EARTHLY TREASURE AND THE HEAVENLY TREASURE. When do we lay up 'treasure in heaven'? Whenever we give alms (Matthew 6:2), or pray (Matthew 6:5), or fast (Matthew 6:16), to please God rather than ma...
AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE] Our Lord is not giving simply an illustration of the manner in which Christians ought to pray, but a set form of words to be learnt by heart and habitually used. T...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to look fo...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
AFTER THIS MANNER. — Literally, _thus._ The word sanctions at once the use of the words themselves, and of other prayers — prescribed, or unpremeditated — after the same pattern and in the same spirit...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_The Lord's Prayer_. Again, in Luke 11:1-4 _vide_ notes there. Here I remark only that Luke's form, true reading, is shorter than Matthew's. On this ground Kamphausen (_Das Gebet des Herrn_) argues fo...
_Further instruction in prayer_. Weiss (Mt.-Evan.) regards this passage as an interpolation, having no proper place in an anti-Pharisaic discourse. Both the opinion and its ground are doubtful. As reg...
οὕτως, thus, not after the ethnic manner. προσεύχεσθε : present, pray so habitually. ὑμεῖς : as opposed to the Pagans, as men (_i.e._) who believe in an intelligent, willing God, your Father. The pray...
HOW TO PRAY AND HOW TO FAST Matthew 6:9-18 This might more fitly be termed the “disciples' prayer.” As we tread its stately aisles, we cannot but think of the myriads who have stood on the same pavem...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
As God is the common Father of all, we pray for all. Let none fear on account of their lowly station here, for all are comprised in the same heavenly nobility.... By saying, "who art in heaven," he do...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. We have here the pattern of prayer; which the LORD JESUS himself hath...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE DIVINE FATHERHOOD_ Our Father which art in heaven.’ Matthew 6:9 In this chapter, while Christ seems to be occupied with warning us against the affectations and vanities, the hollowness and for...
_THE HALLOWED NAME_ ‘Hallowed be Thy name.’ Matthew 6:9 If the highest reach of prayer is to approach as near as we can to the worship of heaven, how can we get nearer to the ‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ th...
Matthew 6:9_Do ye therefore pray thus _Instead of this Luke says, _when ye pray, say_: though Christ does not enjoin his people to pray in a prepared form of words, (431) but only points out what ough...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE,.... That is, in such a concise and short way, without much speaking and vain repetitions; making use of such like words and expressions as the following: not that...
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Ver. 9. _After this manner therefore pray ye_] Forms of wholesome words are profitable. A set form of prayer...
_After this manner pray ye_ He who best knew what we ought to pray for, and how we ought to pray; what matter of desire, what manner of address would most please himself, would best become us, has her...
AFTER THIS MANNER; this model, as to spirit, simplicity, and comprehensiveness. OUR FATHER; Creator, Preserver, Guardian, and Friend. HALLOWED BY THY NAME; let all the manifestations of thyself be tr...
A model prayer to show that an infinite variety of wants and requests can be compressed into a few humble petitions: AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE: OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE TH...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
9-15 Christ saw it needful to show his disciples what must commonly be the matter and method of their prayer. Not that we are tied up to the use of this only, or of this always; yet, without doubt, i...
Not always in these words, but always to this sense, and in this manner. None ever thought Christians obliged to use no other words than these in prayer, though none must deny the lawfulness of using...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II That God is the Creator of the world is accepted even by those very persons who in many ways speak against Him, and yet acknowledge Him, styling Him the Creator, and...
Matthew 6:9 G5210 manner G3779 therefore G3767 pray G4336 (G5737) Our G2257 Father G3962 in G3588...
THEIR RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ARE TO BE KNOWN ONLY TO THE FATHER AND NOT TO MEN (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the first four passages which deal with their religious behavi...
HOW TO PRAY - THE LORD'S PRAYER (6:9-15). The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9). We should note in using the description ‘The Lord's Prayer' that this is not to be seen as how the Lord Himself actually pra...
“Our Father who is in heaven.” The disciples can now approach God as their Father because they have come to Him as His ‘sons' (Matthew 5:9). They have come under the Kingly Rule of Heaven, and their d...
“Do not therefore be like them, For your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him. After this manner therefore pray you.” So they need not think that they should wear down God's...
HOW NOT TO PRAY (6:7-9A). Having gone quietly and secretly into a private room the next question was as to what kind of praying to avoid. The point being made here is that the prayers of most men are...
Our Lord passes from moral to religious duties, enjoining a ‘righteousness' (Matthew 6:1), which exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees (‘hypocrites'), and has regard to the character of our ‘Fathe...
Matthew 6:9-13. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Matthew 6:9. AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE. Because vain repetitions are forbidden, a _pattern_ or _specimen_ of the true form of Christian prayer is given. Hence othe...
Matthew 6:5-15. SECOND EXAMPLE (_Prayer)._...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE (ουτως ουν προσευχεσθε υμεις). "You" expressed in contrast with "the Gentiles." It should be called "The Model Prayer" rather than "The Lord's Prayer." "Thus" pra...
Matthew 6:9 _(with Romans 8:15)_ I. I observe, first, as suggested by the place where we find the words "Our Father," that when we can truly and intelligently call God by this name new life is given...
Matthew 6:9 (with Matthew 7:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 4:3; Jame
Matthew 6:5 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen o...
Matthew 6:9 I. Mark the force of this petition. (1) Simultaneously with our discernment of the Redeemer's right to rule us, there is the regretful discovery made that we have withheld our hearts, and...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ The motive which leads a man to give, will form the tr...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
THIS, THEN, IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY. The priests commonly did the praying. Luke says: _"One time Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us...
_Our Father which art in heaven._ THE DIVINE FATHER I. In what sense God is a father. 1. With relation to Christ, as the Son of God: so the first Person is called the Father, as He is the fountain...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:9 Jesus gives his disciples an example to follow when praying. The prayer consists of an invocation and six petitions. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:5 Prayer was also expected of God’s people. Public prayer was a common practice in NT times. ⇐...
JESUS TEACHES ON PRAYER MATTHEW 6:9-13; LUKE 11:2-4; MATTHEW 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. L
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:1. ALMS.—_Righteousness_ (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples a...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
1 Chronicles 17:24; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16;...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 5:43; _Matthew 6:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is only natural. But...
Thus therefore pray ye — He who best knew what we ought to pray for, and how we ought to pray, what matter of desire, what manner of address would most please himself, would best become us, has here d...
As if Christ had said, For preventing these and all other faults in prayer,. will myself give you. complete form of prayer, and an exact pattern and platform for your imitation when you pray. Note, T...