31Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has
received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a
farmer separates the wheat from the chaff. 32But I have prayed for
you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you
must strengthen your brothers. Luke 22:31&32
Simon Peter is one of Jesus’ most
remarkable disciples. The Bible contains many incidents where he was engaged in
arguments with Jesus himself. And in the passage we have read above, Peter was
again engaged in a discussion with Jesus. If we read ahead, we will discover
that Jesus was predicting Peter’s denial. He said when the cock crowed, Peter
would already have denied him three times.
