Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hammer@sp29.csrd.uiuc.edu (David Hammerslag) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: kneeling prayer Message-ID: Date: 2 Sep 90 03:05:09 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Illinois Center for Supercomputing Research and Development Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , walsh@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: >Thanks for a good post, but as a tangent, does this passage really >mention "on our knees?" Can someone with a concordance handy please >post where else in the NT prayer is mentioned on our knees besides the >parable of the pharasee and publican? This is insignificant, but i >come from a tradition where prayer was always said standing up. I never >looked up bible passages either way. Just off the top of my head... In Luke's Gospel, when Jesus awaited his arrest, he "knelt down and prayed." (Luke 22:39-44) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hammerslag | Keep an open mind, but not so open that people hammer@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu | throw garbage in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------