“The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,”
— WEB
Luke 22:31
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:”
— KJV
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:”
— ASV
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Commentary
Simon, Simon--(See on Luk 10:41). desired to have--rather, "hath obtained you," properly "asked and obtained"; alluding to Job (Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-6), whom he solicited and obtained that he might sift him as wheat, insinuating as "the accuser of the brethren" (Rev 12:10), that he would find chaff enough in his religion, if indeed there was any wheat at all. you--not Peter only, but them all.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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