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Understanding the Context of the Lord's Prayer
The disciples' request to Jesus to teach them how to pray was not just a mere request for the practice of praying, but a desire to have a prayer specific to their relationship with Jesus similar to how other rabbis had prayers for their disciples. The historical evidence suggests that rabbis in the first century typically had prayers for their disciples. So, when Jesus' disciples asked for guidance on prayer, they were essentially seeking a prayer that would be unique to their relationship with Jesus, akin to other disciples' prayers in that era.