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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 11:3 - 11:3
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3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
Ver. 3. Our daily bread] Our super-substantial bread,
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: so Erasmus rendereth it, and interpreteth it of Christ; for he thought that in so heavenly a prayer there should have been no mention of earthly things; wherein he was greatly deceived. For temporals also must be prayed for.
Day by day] That we may from day to day depend upon thy providence for provisions, and, as a grave man of God once said, whereas many others have and eat their bread stale, let us receive it and eat it daily new from thine hand.