Luke 22:31
And the LORD said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for himself to sift you as the wheat,
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Job 2:1And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst to station himself by YHWH.
Amos 9:9“For behold, I am commanding, || And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, || As [one] shakes with a sieve, || And there does not fall a grain [to] the earth.
Luke 10:41And Jesus answering said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disquieted about many things,
1 Peter 5:8Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the Devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may swallow up,
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:22-39
The Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty Predicted. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that… Read the whole commentary →