 | Richard Brodhagen - 2006 - 207 pages
...knew ahead of time that Peter was going to do this, in Luke 22:31-34 Jesus says: "Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers."... | |
 | James A. Wallace, Robert P. Waznak, Guerric DeBona - 2006 - 356 pages
...Israel." And it marks his words to Simon Peter, only found in Luke's passion: "Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers."... | |
 | A. Carthusian, Andy O'Neill - 2006 - 194 pages
...us. 'There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left' (17:36). 'Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat' (22:31). Every one of us is to be sifted like wheat. Everything in us that is only straw will fly away... | |
 | Joseph F. Kelly - 2006 - 302 pages
...knows they will make up for this after the resurrection. Luke also records positive words to Peter ("I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail"), even as Jesus predicts Peter's denials of him. The three close disciples accompany Jesus to the Mount... | |
 | William Wilson - 2007 - 198 pages
...and pray that you may not come into the time of trial' (Lk 22: 46). And he set the example to Peter: 'Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift...once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers' (Lk 22:31,32). Jesus taught about the problem of pride and the value of humility in a parable: 'The... | |
 | Jeremy Hall - 2007 - 198 pages
...knowing him. The tragic irony is heightened by Jesus saying to Peter at the Supper, "Simon, Simon, ... I have prayed for you that your own faith may not...once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:31-32). Almost immediately Peter goes out and in weakness denies that he ever knew the man.... | |
 | stan schmidt - 2007 - 658 pages
...will be in the heart of the earth" (vs. 40, Luke 1 1:32). Jesus said that Satan was a real entity, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat" (Luke 22:31). In Luke, Jesus said, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning" (10:18).... | |
 | Flor Ulan Taylor - 2005 - 196 pages
...will comfort others. Let us take Peter as our showcase. Hours before His arrest, Jesus told Peter, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift...once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." As we know, Peter, in cowardly fear, denied knowing Jesus three times. He failed. He had cracked under... | |
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Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers. 
