Matthew 6: 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. (NASB) Luke 11:4b does not have “but deliver us from evil”.
As I have studied this portion of the Lord’s Prayer and its various words and their meanings from the Greek, I have had a feeling that how you view Father God will influence your feelings about these twelve words. The various forms of the Greek words with their jots and tittles do dictate what word the translator may use, and the King James version is what is most accepted. Unless you have an Exodus 34:6 and 7 knowledge of our Father, and see the good things Nehemiah 9 tells that God did for His Children; I fear that it is easy to use this verse to project wrong thinking towards God.
Psalm 23 gives you an idea of God’s leading, yes, I have made reference to this Psalm for His epiousious provision. Verses 2-4 talks about leading by quiet waters and through the valley of the shadow of death. The path of righteousness is special; it is a well-marked track (See H4570). Strong’s Hebrew: 4570. מַעְגָּל (magal or magalah) — Path, track, course, circuit
The Greek words deserve a good look. I am not putting these in order, so use the links if you want to go further. Matthew 6:13 Greek Text Analysis
- Strong’s Greek: 1519. εἰς (eis) — into, to, towards, for, in order to
- Strong’s Greek: 1533. εἰσφέρω (eispheró) — To bring in, to lead into, to carry into I can see this as a cry for mercy. Make note of eis.
- Strong’s Greek: 3986. πειρασμός (peirasmos) — Temptation, trial, testing See Greek Concordance: πειρασμόν (peirasmon) — 11 Occurrences Jesus used this word again in the Garden before Judas betrayed Him.
- Strong’s Greek: 235. ἀλλά (alla) — but, rather, on the contrary I found this linking word important; it serves as a conjunction to contrast the two parts of this verse.
- Strong’s Greek: 4506. ῥύομαι (rhuomai) — To rescue, deliver, save Bible Hub has a HELPS section and I found this in that part of the study. “Deliver me to Yourself and for Yourself.” That is, “Lord deliver me out of my (personal) pains and bring me to You and for You.”
- Strong’s Greek: 4190. πονηρός (ponéros) — Evil, wicked, bad, malicious compare to Matthew 12:35Adj-GMS
There is a “legal” side in this part also, I see this in #G 4506. We asked for His Kingdom to come, and this part does show the mission of bringing us to Him and away from the evil one. These last few posts have talked about provision, forgiveness, and now the mission of His Kingdom.