Matthew 6:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ”

Matthew 6:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Matthew 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

After, &c. Compare "When". Luke 11:2-4 . 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 ( Is...
Matthew 6:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 bein...
Matthew 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. After this manner therefore pray ye - Forms of prayer were frequent among the Jews; and every public teacher...
Matthew 6:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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, Luk...
Matthew 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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" х hu...
Matthew 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 spi...
Matthew 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:9 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 a...
Matthew 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Matthew 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 pra...
Matthew 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 he...
Matthew 6:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:5-9 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...
Matthew 6:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 6:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 foun...
Matthew 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:24 ; 1 Kings 8:43 ; 1 Peter 1:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; 2 Chronicles 20:6 ; 2 Samuel 7:26 ; Ezekiel 36:23 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ; Galatians 1:1 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Habakkuk 2:14 ; Isa...
Matthew 6:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Matthew 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 her...

Matthew 6:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 6:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 6:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes