Proper 12 Series C

Proper 12 Notes

Proper 12 Series C

(July 24-30)

For July 24, 2022

Genesis 18:(17–19) 20–33

Colossians 2:6–15 (16–19)

Luke 11:1–13

The Prayer of the Church Is the Voice of Faith

Jesus catechizes His disciples in the way of faith by teaching them how to pray. He promises us: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9). If earthly fathers know how to give good gifts to their children, “how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him” (Luke 11:13). 

Thus, father Abraham was bold in his prayer because he believed the gracious promise of the Lord, that he would “surely become a great and mighty nation” (Genesis 18:18). 

When we pray in Jesus’ name, we also hold “fast to the Head” (Colossians 2:19), “rooted and built up in him and established in the faith” (Colossians 2:6–7).

The Lord's Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Luke 11:1

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τόπῳ τινὶ προσευχόμενον, ὡς ἐπαύσατο, εἶπέν τις τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν• Κύριε, δίδαξον ἡμᾶς προσεύχεσθαι, καθὼς καὶ Ἰωάννης ἐδίδαξεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ. 

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

This is the prayer Jesus Himself gives. He Himself has given us THIS prayer.

This is how the Savior has taught us.

We pray through Christ, we stand in his shoes.

Luke 11: 2

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς• Ὅταν προσεύχησθε, λέγετε• Πάτερ, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου• ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου•

And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.

Luke does not include “Thy will be done”

Luke 11:3 

τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δίδου ἡμῖν τὸ καθ’ ἡμέραν•

Give us each day our daily bread,

Our bread “according to the day” or “bread for the coming day”

Luke 11:4

καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἀφίομεν παντὶ ὀφείλοντι ἡμῖν• καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν. 

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”

Luke 11:5 

 Καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς• Τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν ἕξει φίλον καὶ πορεύσεται πρὸς αὐτὸν μεσονυκτίου καὶ εἴπῃ αὐτῷ• Φίλε, χρῆσόν μοι τρεῖς ἄρτους,

And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 

Luke 11:6

ἐπειδὴ φίλος μου παρεγένετο ἐξ ὁδοῦ πρός με καὶ οὐκ ἔχω ὃ παραθήσω αὐτῷ•

for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 

Luke 11:7

κἀκεῖνος ἔσωθεν ἀποκριθεὶς εἴπῃ• Μή μοι κόπους πάρεχε• ἤδη ἡ θύρα κέκλεισται, καὶ τὰ παιδία μου μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὴν κοίτην εἰσίν• οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστὰς δοῦναί σοι.

and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 

Luke 11:8

λέγω ὑμῖν, εἰ καὶ οὐ δώσει αὐτῷ ἀναστὰς διὰ τὸ εἶναι [e]φίλον αὐτοῦ, διά γε τὴν ἀναίδειαν αὐτοῦ ἐγερθεὶς δώσει αὐτῷ [f]ὅσων χρῄζει.

 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence[c] he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 

[c] Or persistence 

Luke 11:9

Κἀγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω, αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν• ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε• κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν•

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 

Luke 11:10

πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει, καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 

Luke 11:11

τίνα δὲ [g]ἐξ ὑμῶν τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ [h]υἱὸς ἰχθύν, [i]καὶ ἀντὶ ἰχθύος ὄφιν [j]αὐτῷ ἐπιδώσει;

 What father among you, if his son asks for[d] a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;

[d] Some manuscripts insert bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for

Luke 11:12

ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν, ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;

or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 

Luke 11:13 

εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει πνεῦμα ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Footnotes:

ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software

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