“One standard Jewish prayer of the day (the Kaddish) proclaimed, “Exalted and hallowed be his . . . name . . . and may his kingdom come speedily and soon.” Because God was Father, his children could depend on him (cf. 18:3).”
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
“Jewish people commonly addressed God as “our heavenly Father” when they prayed, although such intimate titles as “Abba” (Papa) were rare (see comment on Mk 14:36).”
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
“6:9-10. Greek sources often called the supreme deity “father,” including in prayers, but this practice is pervasive in Jewish sources as well, even as early as the *Old Testament (Deut 32:6; Ps 68:5; Is 63:16; 64:8; Jer 3:4, 19; 31:9; Mal 1:6; 2:10) and other very early Jewish works (e.g., Tobit 13:4; *3 Maccabees 5:7; 7:6).”
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
― The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
“Take Psalm 73. The writer knows the ‘normal’ line: good things come to good people, bad things to bad. But it hasn’t worked out like that. The wicked are flourishing, and the righteous are crushed under their feet. It’s only when the poet goes into God’s temple that a larger, healing viewpoint can be glimpsed.”
― God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath
― God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath
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