Study it in the app“And it happened, while he was praying in a certain place, that when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.””
A disciple asks Jesus to teach them to pray, and he answers with the Father's prayerPrayer
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happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearspray
Pray: speak with God.
Where else “proseuchomenon” appearsplace
A specific spot where something is or happens.
Where else “topōi” appearsstop, cease
Stop, cease, finish; in the active, make stop, keep from.
Where else “epausato” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētōn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “Kyrie” appearsteach
Teach.
Where else “didaxon” appearsJohn
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēs” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The Lord's Prayer
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 11:1-4
1And it happened, while he was praying in a certain place, that when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” 2And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come; 3give us each day our daily bread; 4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and do not bring us into temptation.”
9So you pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified; 10may your kingdom come; may your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. 11Give us today our daily bread; 12and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; 13and do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.’
1 · This verse (above)
2And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be sanctified; may your kingdom come;
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?
