Luke 22:32

Luke 22:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
• New International Version (NIV)But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

Context of Luke 22:32

30That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 34And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

Luke 22:32 word by word

ἐγὼ δὲ ἐδεήθην περὶ σοῦ ἵνα μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἡ πίστις σου. καὶ σύ ποτε ἐπιστρέψας στήρισον τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• have prayedδέομαιdeomai · to prayG1189
• forπερίperi · aboutG4012
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• faithὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• failἐκλείπωekleipō · to failG1587
• notμήmē · notG3361
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenποτέpote · once/whenG4218
• art convertedἐπιστρέφωepistrephō · to turnG1994
• strengthenστηρίζωstērizō · to establishG4741
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Luke 22:32

• Zechariah 3:2And Yhwh said unto Satan, Yhwh rebuke thee, O Satan; even Yhwh that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
• John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
• John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
• Romans 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
• Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
• Hebrews 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• 1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• 2 Timothy 2:18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
• Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
• 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• Luke 22:61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
• Matthew 18:3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 26:75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Commentaries on Luke 22:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32I have prayed for thee - From the natural forwardness and impetuosity of thy own spirit, thou wilt be brought into the most imminent danger; but I have supplicated for thee, that thy faith may not utterly fail - ͅ, from , out, and , I fail, to fall utterly or entirely off. Peter's faith did fail, but not utterly: he did fall, but he did not fall off, apostatize, or forsake his Master and his cause finally, as Judas did. Every body sees, from Peter's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32That thy faith fail not - The word “faith,” here, seems to be used in the sense of religion, or attachment to Christ, and the words “fail not” mean “utterly fail” or fail altogether - that is, apostatize. It is true that the “courage” of Peter failed; it is true that he had not that immediate confidence in Jesus and reliance on him which he had before had; but the prayer of Jesus was that he might not altogether apostatize from the faith. God heard Jesus…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-38Verses 21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan. If he cannot destroy, he will try to disgrace or distress us. Nothing more certainly forebodes a fall, in a professed follower of Christ, than self-confidence, with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32when you have turned back: The you here is singular and refers to Peter's restoration after he denied Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3431-34. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:32

• Communion
• Fellowship
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Perseverance
• Peter
• Prayer
• Temptation
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Conversion
• Fail
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings