Luk 22:31-32 | TNotes | STEP | 22:31 Regarding Satan , see 4:2 ; 10:18 ; 11:15 . Satan is the accuser of God’s people (see Job 1:7 ; 2:2 ); he would test Simon Peter and the rest of the apostles. • asked to sift: Wheat was sifted through a sieve to separate the grain from the chaff. It is an image of extreme testing (see Isa 30:28 ; Amos 9:9 ). • The NLT’s each of you is precise, because the Greek you is plural, referring to all the disciples. Jesus foresaw Peter’s denial and the trials of the other disciples.

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eJob 1:7►

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hAmos 9:9►

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‏ Luke 22:31-32

22:31 ^a Regarding Satan, see 4:2 ^b; 10:18 ^c; 11:15 ^d. Satan is the accuser of God’s people (see Job 1:7 ^e; 2:2 ^f); he would test Simon Peter and the rest of the apostles.

• asked to sift: Wheat was sifted through a sieve to separate the grain from the chaff. It is an image of extreme testing (see Isa 30:28 ^g; Amos 9:9 ^h).

• The NLT’s each of you is precise, because the Greek you is plural, referring to all the disciples. Jesus foresaw Peter’s denial and the trials of the other disciples.
22:32 ⁱ So when you have repented: This you is singular; it refers to Peter’s restoration after his denial of Jesus.