“ Give us this day our daily bread. ”
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 Jew...
Give us this day our (d) daily bread. (d) That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion.
The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. Matthew 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects o...
daily. Greek. epiousios. . word coined by our Lord, and used only here and Luke 11:3 , by Him. Compounded from epi = upon (App-104.), and ousios = coming. This is derived from eimi . to come...
11. Give us today our daily bread Of the form of prayer which Christ has prescribed to us this may be called, as I have said, the Second Table. I have adopted this mode of dividing it for th...
DISCOURSE: 1315 THE LORD’S PRAYER Matthew 6:11 . Give us this day our daily bread . IN those petitions which relate to the glory of God, that occurs first which is the most comprehensive and th...
Give us this day our daily bread. Give us this day our daily bread - The word επιουσιαν has greatly perplexed critics and commentators. I find upwards of thirty different explanations of it. It is fo...
Give us this day our daily bread— 4. The word επιουσιον rendered daily in our version, is nowhere else to be found; neither in the LXX, nor in any Greek author, nor in any place of the New Testam...
Give us this day our daily bread. Give us this day our daily bread. The compound word here rendered "daily" х epiousios ( G1967 )] occurs nowhere else, either in classical or sacred Greek...
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 loo...
Give us this day our daily bread. — A strange obscurity hangs over the words that are so familiar to us. The word translated “daily” is found nowhere else, with the one exception of the parallel pa...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
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...
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 stateme...
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 hat...
GOD’S WILL IN WORSHIP AND WORK ‘Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.’ Matthew 6:10 Is not this impossible? Is it not impossible that God’s will should ever be done here on earth as...
Give us this day our daily bread. The Arabic version reads it, "our bread for tomorrow"; and Jerom says, that in the Hebrew Gospel, used by the Nazarenes, he found the word מחר, which signifies "to...
Give us this day our daily bread. Ver. 11. Give us this day ] We have not a bit of bread of our own earning, but must get our living by begging. Peter himself was to obtain his very bread by humb...
Give us this day our daily bread As the original word, επιουσιον, here rendered daily , is not found anywhere else; neither in the LXX. nor in any Greek author, nor in any other part of the New Te...
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 imp...
The Sermon on the Mount. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king...
And forasmuch as in thee we live, and move, and have our life, so the means for the upholding and the preserving of our lives, and the blessing upon them, must be from thee. We beseech thee to give u...
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 be...
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 dis...
Matthew 6:9-11 (with Matthew 7:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 ; James 4:3 ; James 5:16 ) A question about which there has been a good deal of discussion of late years is the question of prayer...
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...
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 righte...
Our dally bread. Daily bread 1. That even the wants of our bodies are to be subordinated to the purposes of religion. 2. That our dependence upon God for the supply of our bodily wants ought...
EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 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 b...
Temporal gifts are also included: Give us this day our daily bread. In putting the petition in this form, Christ teaches humility and frugality. For this day we pray, taking no thought for the mor...
1 Timothy 6:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:12 ; Exodus 16:16-35 ; Isaiah 33:16 ; Job 23:12 ; John 6:31 ; Luke 11:3 ; Matthew 4:4 ; Proverbs 30:8 ; Psalms 33:18 ; Psalms 33:19 ; Psalms 34:10
The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is o...
Give us — O Father (for we claim nothing of right, but only of thy free mercy) this day — (for we take no thought for the morrow) our daily bread — All things needful for our souls and bodies: not...