Luke 22:31 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 22:31

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

KJV

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ASV

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

WEB

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

YLT

And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

DBT

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Zechariah 3:1
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Job 1:6–12
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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(2.) Though there may be many failings in the faith of true believers, yet there shall not be a total and final failure of their faith. It is their seed, their root, remaining in them. (3.) It is owing to the mediation and intercession of Jesus Christ that the faith of his disciples, though sometimes sadly shaken, yet is not sunk.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

2:1-6), whom he solicited and obtained that he might sift him as wheat, insinuating as "the accuser of the brethren" (Re 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 Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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LUK 22:311PE 5:8 EPH 6:11
LUK 22:311PE 5:8 JAS 4:7
LUK 22:311PE 5:8 EPH 4:27
LUK 22:311PE 5:8 JOB 2:2
LUK 22:311PE 5:8 1PE 1:13
LUK 22:31REV 12:10 ZEC 3:1-2
LUK 22:31REV 12:10 REV 11:15
LUK 22:31ZEC 3:1 1PE 5:8

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