Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
Luke 22:31
In 9 translations
- 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:
- LSV
- And the LORD said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for himself to sift you as the wheat,
- YLT
- And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,
- DBY
- And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;
- DRC
- And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- GNV
- And the Lord saide, Simon, Simon, beholde, Satan hath desired you, to winowe you as wheate.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος (“said now the Lord”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of σινιάσαι: Tyndale House: σεινιάσαι.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: Σίμων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Σίμων; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος Σίμων.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Σίμων Σίμων, ἰδοὺ ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς τοῦ σινιάσαι ὡς τὸν σῖτον·
- RP2018
- Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος, Σίμων, Σίμων, ἰδού, ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς, τοῦ σινιάσαι ὡς τὸν σῖτον·
- TR-Boyd
- Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Σίμων, Σίμων, ἰδού, ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς, τοῦ σινιάσαι ὡς τὸν σῖτον·
- SCR1894
- ειπεν δε ο κυριος σιμων σιμων ιδου ο σατανας εξητησατο υμας του σινιασαι ως τον σιτον
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
TemptationPerseverancePeterSatanSieveWheatSteadfastnessDevil, TheLaw in the New TestamentIntercession
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Zechariah 3:1Then 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.
- Job 1:6–12One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and…
- Revelation 12:10And 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…
- Job 2:1–6On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the…
- Luke 10:41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
- Amos 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.
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
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