The Lord’s Prayer and the Number 153

From Bible Hub, we have the following Greek text for the Lord’s Prayer according Matthew 6:9-13:

9 Οὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου
10 Ἐλθέτω* ἡ βασιλεία σου Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου Ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς
11 Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον
12 Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν Ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν
13 Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν Ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ ⧼Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας Ἀμήν⧽

Removing the diacritics, full stops, commas, brackets, and other non-Greek letters (such as *, ⧼ and ⧽ ), mapping ῷ to ωι and ῃ to ηι (used in calculating standard isopsephy), and starting from Πάτερ in verse 9, we obtain the following table, with the number of Greek words and letters.

VerseGreekWordsLettersEnglish
Mat 6:9Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου1043Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου Ὡς ἐν οὐρανκαὶ ἐπὶ γῆς1457Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον838Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν Ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν1363And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν Ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ  Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας Ἀμήν27114And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen

Astonishingly, the total number of Greek letters is 315. In our book, The Lord’s Prayer: A Mathematician’s Creed, we showed that Jesus died at 3.15pm. The relationship betweem the Lord’s Prayer and the number 153 hence follows.

Conclusion. The Lord’s Prayer is the 153 net that brings all God’s chosen people to the feet of His Son, Jesus Christ, to judge in the last days.

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