E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 6:8
knoweth. Greek. oida. Very significant in this connection. read more
Matthew-6:6-9
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 6:9
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 (Isaiah 63:16 ; Isaiah 64:8 ). The Talmud so teaches. Which = Who. heaven = heavens. See note on Matthew 6:10 . Hallowed = Sanctified. Thy. Note that the first three petitions are with respect to God, while the next four concern those who pray. God is to be put first in all prayer. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.(2) The best place for prayer is characterized by secrecy, privacy, and quietness. The secret place, the private room, the inner chamber, the shut door - these are the best situations in which acceptable prayer may be offered. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 6:7
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.(3) The third area of abuse of the sacred privilege of prayer is in the matter of vain, empty repetitions. The customs of Gentiles in regard to this abuse were well known. Water wheels, wind chimes, endless chanting over and over of prescribed words are old and widely observed characteristics of pagan prayers; and these have continued down the centuries until these very... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 6:8
Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what thing's ye have need of, before ye ask him.This, of course, is elementary wisdom. A God who needs to be told what men need could certainly not help if told! Prayers, giving God information, are as ridiculous as they are impious. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.THE LORD'S PRAYERBy a strange coincidence, this prayer is translated by 66 words in the King James Version, and by 39 words in the Luke account in the Revised Version, corresponding... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 6:6
Matthew 6:6. Enter into thy closet— That is, "perform thy private devotions without noise or shew; by which it will appear, that thou art influenced by a true sense of duty." The word ταμιειον, closet, signifies any retired part of the house, any secret or separate place; and Mr. Blair piously conjectures, that Christ might use a word of such latitude, that none might omit secret prayer, for want of so convenient an apartment as they could wish to retire into. Duly to perform the great duty of... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 6:7
Matthew 6:7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions— The original word βαττολογησητε, is derived from one Battus, who was a great babbler. (see Ovid's Metamorph. 2. ver. 688.); and signifying "to use a vain multiplicity and repetition of words." See Mintert, Beza, and Hammond. The word is very applicable to the devotions of the Heathens. See 1 Kings 18:26. Acts 19:34. The vain repetition which Christ here forbids his disciples to use in their prayers, is plainly such as proceeded from an... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 6:8
Matthew 6:8. Be not ye therefore like unto them— This argument would be forcible against all prayer in general, if prayer were considered only as a means of making our wants known to God; whereas it is no more than an act of obedience to our heavenly Father, who has commanded us to pray to him, chap. Mat 7:7 and made it a condition of his favours; an expression of our trust in him, and dependence on his goodness, whereby we acknowledge, that all the benefits we receive come from him, and that... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 6:7
use not vain repetitions = repeat not the same things over and over; explained in last clause. Greek. battologeo. Occurs only here. heathen = Gentiles. Greek. ethnikos. Occurs only here, and Matthew 18:17 . for = in. Greek. en . much speaking. Greek. polulogia. Occurs only here. read more