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With One Voice
English-speaking Christians around the world know the Lord’s Prayer in the wording of the King James Version (Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4). Believers from diverse church traditions have this prayer in common and can recite it in unison. We are able to remember it because the Lord’s Prayer in the King James is memorable and poetic. In this, the King James Version captures the character of the prayer in the original Greek, which is even more poetic. There can be little doubt that the prayer was intended to be learned by heart and so be readily available to the minds of … View Resource
Jack Kinneer
Dr. Jack Kinneer is the founder of and scholar in residence at the Echo Hills Christian Study Center in Indian Head, Pa.
