摘要
主祷文有较大可能出自历史上的耶稣之口，反映的是早期的耶稣传统。祈求1-3与犹太会堂崇拜所用的祷文在内容上和形式上都有着千丝万缕的联系，犹太人和基督徒对上帝的颂赞和对天国的盼望是一致的。祈求4-7则反映了耶稣领导的巡回灵恩运动的社会精神特质和他们所处的社会政治、经济、宗教等方面的冲突。在那种弯曲悖谬的时代处境中，人民盼望上帝介入历史，派弥赛亚来拯救他们于多重剥削、压迫和奴役的苦难之中；盼望天国降临，上帝的旨意得以成全在地上。主祷文一方面强化了这样的盼望，让门徒相信上帝仍然掌管着历史，另一方面也教导门徒与上帝建立密切的关系。
並列摘要
The Lord's Prayer is probably from the tradition of historical Jesus. Petition 1 to 3 has some relation to the tradition of the synagogue in the way of praising the Lord and looking forward to the coming of the Kingdom of God. Petition 4-7 reflects the ethos of itinerant charismatics of the Jesus Movement as well as the political, economical, religious conflicts in Galilee and in Palestine. In the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, people looked forward to God's interference in history by sending Messiah to save His people from tribulations of being exploited, oppressed and enslaved. And also they had the belief that God's kingdom would fall on the earth and His will be done in earth as it is in heaven. On the one hand, the Lord's Prayer intensified the expectation; on the other hand, it taught the followers of Jesus to rely on God and have a close relationship with Him.