18.  But deliver us from the evil.  If Lead us not into temptation implied the not being tempted at all, He would not have said, But deliver us from the evil.  Now evil is our adversary the devil, from whom we pray to be delivered Cyril is here a clear witness for the reference of τοῦ πονηροῦ to “the wicked one.”.  Then after completing the prayer thou sayest, Amen From § 14, εὐχόμενος τοῦτο λέγεις, it seems probable that the whole Prayer was said by the people as well as by the Priest.  See Introduction, “Eucharistic Rites.”; by this Amen, which means “So be it,” setting thy seal to the petitions of the divinely-taught prayer.