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The Lord’s Prayer 1: Introduction
Too often, the importance of the Jewish background of the prayer and of the language that Jesus used has been overlooked or minimized.
The Lord’s Prayer 3: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
How can the name of God be “hallowed”? Actually, the sense of the word might better be expressed in English by “sanctify.” The whole phrase could be translated, “May your name be sanctified.”
The Lord’s Prayer 2: “Our Father Who Art in Heaven”
The description of God as “father” is not coincidental. The father figure was of great significance in the Hebrew family.
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