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Epiousion (ἐπιούσιον) is a Koine Greek adjective used in the Lord's Prayer verse "Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον " [a] ('Give us today our epiousion bread'). Because the word is used nowhere else, its meaning is unclear.
"Give us this day our daily bread." The English Standard Version translates the passage as: "Give us this day our daily bread." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 6:11. This petition marks a change in the character of the prayer. The first three petitions called for the glory of God in the second person.
Our Daily Bread is a Christian devotional calendar-style booklet published by Our Daily Bread Ministries (formerly RBC Ministries) in over 55 languages. [1] [2] The booklet is one of the most widely read Christian devotionals in circulation today. It was first released in April 1956, and includes writing about the Bible and insights into ...
[1] [2] Bread was the basic food stuff of the people in Palestine of this era. Rocks were, as today, considered valueless. Rocks were, as today, considered valueless. The basic metaphor of this verse is that a human father would not refuse a basic desire from his son, so God too would not refuse a basic need of one of his followers.
The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]
Since its first publication in 1956, Nuestro Pan Diario has been teaching generations of Christians about the Bible and what it means to lead a Christian life. Every day of the year has a biblical passage, next to an appropriate story. The publication also includes biblical verses to read so that one can read the Bible in a single year.
Ecclesiastes 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called '(the) Qoheleth' ("the Teacher"), composed probably between the 5th and 2nd centuries BCE. [3]
The grass of the field of this verse is presumed to be the lilies of Matthew 6:27, implying that Jesus was speaking of the abundant wild flowers that will fill local fields. Wood has always been in short supply in Palestine and the burning of grasses was an important source of fuel.