Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 11].
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11:1 {As he was praying in a certain place} (\en t•i einai auton
en top•i tini proseuchomenon\). Characteristically Lukan idiom:
\en\ with articular periphrastic infinitive (\einai
proseuchomenon\) with accusative of general reference (\auton\).
{That}. Not in the Greek, asyndeton (\kai egeneto eipen\). {When
he ceased} (\h•s epausato\). Supply \proseuchomenos\ (praying),
complementary or supplementary participle. {Teach us} (\didaxon
h•mas\). Jesus had taught them by precept (Mt 6:7-15) and
example (Lu 9:29). Somehow the example of Jesus on this
occasion stirred them to fresh interest in the subject and to
revival of interest in John's teachings (Lu 5:33). So Jesus
gave them the substance of the Model Prayer in Matthew, but in
shorter form. Some of the MSS. have one or all of the phrases in
Matthew, but the oldest documents have it in the simplest form.
See on ¯Mt 6:7-15 for discussion of these details (Father,
hallowed, kingdom, daily bread, forgiveness, bringing us into
temptation). In Mt 6:11 "give" is \dos\ (second aorist active
imperative second singular, a single act) while here Lu 11:3
"give" is \didou\ (present active imperative, both from \did•mi\)
and means, "keep on giving." So in Lu 11:4 we have "For we
ourselves also forgive" (\kai gar autoi aphiomen\), present
active indicative of the late \•\ verb \aphi•\ while Mt 6:12
has "as we also forgave" (\h•s kai h•meis aph•kamen\), first
aorist (\k\ aorist) active of \aphi•mi\. So also where Mt 6:12
has "debts" (\ta opheil•mata\) Lu 11:4 has "sins" (\tas
hamartias\). But the spirit of each prayer is the same. There is
no evidence that Jesus meant either form to be a ritual. In both
Mt 6:13; Lu 11:4 \m• eisenegk•is\ occurs (second aorist
subjunctive with \m•\ in prohibition, ingressive aorist). "Bring
us not" is a better translation than "lead us not." There is no
such thing as God enticing one to sin (Jas 1:13). Jesus urges
us to pray not to be tempted as in Lu 22:40 in Gethsemane.
11:5 {At midnight} (\mesonuktiou\). Genitive of time. {And say to
him} (\kai eip•i aut•i\). This is the deliberative subjunctive,
but it is preceded by two future indicatives that are
deliberative also (\hexei, poreusetai\). {Lend me} (\chr•son
moi\). First aorist active imperative second singular. Lend me
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 11)