Luke 11:2

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHEN YE PRAY, SAY, OUR FATHER, [Tischendorf and Tregelles-whom Alford follows, and Meyer approves-here omit both the word, heemoon (G2257), "our," and the following words, ho (G3588) en (G1722) tois (G3588) ouranois (G3772) "which art in heaven." But the authority for inserting these words is most decisive, as we judge. Lachmann inserts them.] Which art in heaven, Hallowed b...

1-4 "Lord, teach us to pray," is a good prayer, and a very needful one, for Jesus Christ only can teach us, by his word and Spirit, how to pray. Lord, teach me what it is to pray; Lord, stir up and quicken me to the duty; Lord, direct me what to pray for; teach me what I should say. Christ taught them a prayer, much the same that he had given before in his sermon upon the mount. There are some differences in the words of the Lord's prayer in Matthew and in Luke, but they are of no moment. Let us in our requests, both for others and for ourselves, come to our heavenly Father, confiding in his power and goodness....

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:9. Luke 11:4 FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE ... - This is somewhat different from the expression in Matthew, though the sense is the same. The idea is, that unless we forgive others, God will not forgive us; and unless we come to him “really” forgiving all others, we cannot expect pardon. It does not mean that by forgiving others we “deserve” forgiveness ourselves, or “merit it,” but that this is a disposition or state of mind without which God cannot consistently pardon us. EVERY ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO US - Every one that has “injured” us. This does not refer to pecuniary transactions, but to offences similar to those which “we” have committed against God,

EXPOSITION LUKE 11:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the_ _subject of prayer. _Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of _time _or _place _enables us to fix the scene or date with any exactness. Somewhere in the course of the last journeyings towards Jerusalem, related especially in this Gospel, did this scene and its teaching take place. LUKE 11:1 LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, AS JOHN ALSO TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES. It seems as though some of his disciples—we know at this period many were with him besides the twelve—heard their Master praying. It appeared to them—no doubt, as they caught here and there a word and expression as he prayed, perhap

AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... That is Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express, who directed his speech to all the disciples; for though but one of them addressed him, it was in the name of the rest: and besides, the instructions Christ was about to give concerned them all, even those that heard them before, and those that had not: WHEN YE PRAY, SAY, OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, AS IN HEAVEN, SO IN EARTH; the last petition is left out in the Vulgate Latin; Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10....

Luke 11:1. _And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples._ It seemed to this disciple as if he did not know how to pray after he had heard Christ pray. The prayer of Jesus was so infinitely above anything that he had ever reached that he said, «Lord, teach us to pray;» and, as if he felt that he needed a precedent for asking such hallowed instruction, he said, Teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.» We must all feel that if we are to pray aright, we must be taught of God, by his Holy Spirit. We are full of infirmities, and if there is any time when our infirmities are felt most, it is when we engage in prayer, but «the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as are ought.» Let us, then, breathe this prayer to

THY KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...

LUKE 11:2 le,gete After le,gete codex Bezae continues with an obvious interpolation, derived from Matthew 6:7: mh. battologei/te w`j oi` loipoi,( dokou/sin ga,r tinej o[ti evn th|/ polulogi,a| auvtw/n eivsakousqh,sontai( avlla. proseuco,menoi le,gete....

CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Prayer Given to the Disciples (Luke 11:1 .)_ 2. The Friend at Midnight. (Luke 11:5) 3. Encouragement to Pray. (Luke 11:11) 4. A Demon Cast Out and the Blasphemous Accusation. (Luke 11:14) 5. The Return of the Unclean Spirit. (Luke 11:23) 6. The Blessedness of Hearing the Word. (Luke 11:27) 7. The Sign of Jonas. (Luke 11:29) 8.

ON PRAYER (Matthew 6:9 *, Matthew 7:7 *). Lk. assigns the Lord's Prayer to a separate occasion and gives two reasons for the disciples-' request. For the first _cf. Luke 3:21_, Luke 9:21, etc., for the second, Luke 5:33. Rabbis were accustomed to frame special prayers; there are examples in the Talmud. Lk.'s form of the Lord's Prayer is shorter and more original than Mt.'s. The earliest reference to the use of the Prayer is in the _Didaché, c._ A.D. 100, where it is ordered to be said thrice daily. Note Forgive us, _because_ we have forgiven, etc....