Is the Lord's Prayer for real or are there typos?

Question

I just read a question about the Lord's Prayer that asked about the Lord leading us into temptation. The prayer asks the Lord not to lead us into temptation. Why? It doesn't ask that the Lord give us the strength to resist Satan's leading us into temptation. What's the deal.
Please do not quote a lot of inane scripture and give lots of goofy speculation. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE PRAYER? Was the phrase a blunder?

Thank you for the historical data and linguistic information.

Answer 1

There's no typo.

Old English (1025): And ne gelaed thu us on constnunge (And not lead you us into temptation)

Middle English (1390): And lede us not in to temptacioun

King James Version (1611): And lead us not into temptation

Today's New International Version (2001): And lead us not into temptation

Pretty consistent all the way through it looks like.

Same if you compare to other German languages

Dutch: En lijd ons niet in verzoeking (Lit. And lead us not into temptation

German: Und fuehre uns nicht in Versuchung (Lit. And lead us not into temptation)

So, it looks like we are in fact supposed to pray God to not lead us into temptation.

Answer 2

"Why did the Lord teach His disciples to pray [...lead us not into temptation...]? Does this in fact mean that God tempts people? When God allows one of His children to be tempted, it is for the purpose of proving to His child that he can rely on God's wisdom and strength. It is God's desire to give him victory over the temptation and at the same time make him more experienced in the tactics of spiritual warfare against the devil. It is crucial to remember, however, that the actual enticement to sin is never generated by God; hence, no one can ever say that God has tempted him to sin."
~ Zodhiates' Hebrew-Greek Study Bible (KJV)

Once we understand that tempting to sin cannot be initiated by God, it is easy to understand how we can be "led into" a place where we can be tempted by the devil.

For example, in the Book of Job, we see God asking the devil where he has come from. The devil replies that he has come from walking all over the earth. Then God asks him if he has considered Job. The devil then says that God has him well protected and blessed, and then tries to get God to initiate temptation for Job to curse God. But, instead, God removes His "hedge of protection" from all but Job's life and lets the devil do what he will to Job except kill him; essentially "leading" Job into temptation.

I am no historian, linguist, or heavy theologian, but I do know that certain words have evolved in meaning through use. Such as "suffer": in the Bible it means "allow", but today in it means "feel pain". It is possible that "lead" could have changed in meaning a little over the years. I would be interested to know if that is the case from someone who knows.

I leave you with Jesus' promise to preserve God's Word found in Matthew 5:18.

Answer 3

You stated in my question that you are not afraid of dying and that you are not concerned about Jesus dying for your sins. Also that you are prepared to slip off into oblivion and prefer not to spend time with Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell because they are convinced they are going to heaven. My friend, I sincerely think that you are missing the point entirely. God is a Holy, Just, Righteous Judge. He sent Hiis Son to be sacrificed in love so that you would not have to face eternity separated from Him in the eternal lake of fire. Again, God is Holy. No one can look upon His face and not be obliterated because of our sinful nature . In other words, if you do not acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God and that by Him and only Him you can enter Heaven, then all is lost and you should tremble about slipping into oblivion without believing and acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God and that by Him no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Work out your salvation with great fear and trembling for it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.

Answer 4

Do you know what a typo is? How could there be a typo?. I can't tell you what it means to you but to me the Spirit says that this prayer in modern English would be.. Don't allow evil to overwhelm me, deliver me from it's power.. Come to Jesus and let the Spirit read the word of God to your heart..

Answer 5

The Greek word for "temptation" also has an alternate translation of "tribulation" or "testing". So, basically, this is a request for God to not test their faith.