Luke 22:31

     31-34. Simon, Simon—(See on Lu 10:41).

      desired to have —rather, "hath obtained you," properly "asked and obtained"; alluding to Job (Job 1:6-12; 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.

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