Luke 22:31
29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
30 so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- KJV
- And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- WEB
- The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,
- ASV
- Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:
- DARBY
- And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;
- BLB
- Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for all of you⁺ to sift like wheat.
- ÅB
- Simon! Simon! se, Satan krevde å få dere i sin vold for å sikte dere som hvete;
- OTB
- “Simon, Simon, se, Satan har bedt om å få sikte dere alle som hvete.
- B1930
- Simon! Simon! se, Satan krevde å få eder i sin vold for å sikte eder som hvete;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in contextZechariah 3:1
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Read in contextJob 1:6–12
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Read in contextRevelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
Read in contextJob 2:1–6
On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
Read in contextAmos 9:9
“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
Read in contextLuke 10:41
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
Read in contextActs 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
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