does: you accomplish your resolve among people?89 The eschatological interpretation is a special example of the latter possibility: may God effect his will in the eschaton. Here the second clause probably presupposes that God’s will already occurs in heaven and prays that he may prevail on earth as he already does in heaven.90 Verse 33* offers a clue to Matthew’s understanding in that the evangelist adds “righteousness” to “God’s kingdom,” much in the same way he puts the third petition alongside
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