Luke 22 · Verse 32

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Luke 22:32, King James Version

Luke 22:32 in other translations

BSB	But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
WEB	but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
ASV	but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
YLT	and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'
DARBY	but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.
BBE	But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
Webster	But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

What does Luke 22:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 22:31-34

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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Barnes' Notes

Verse 32. That 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 always (Jn 11:42); it follows, therefore, that every prayer which he ever offered was answered; and it follows, as he asked here for a specific thing, that that thing was granted; and as he prayed that Peter's faith might not utterly fail, so it follows that there was no time in which Peter was not really a pious man. Far as he wandered, and grievously as he sinned, yet he well knew that Jesus was the Messiah. He did know the man; and though his fears overcame him and led him to aggravated sin, yet the prayer of Christ was prevalent, and he was brought to true repentance.

When thou art converted. The word converted means turned, changed, recovered. The meaning is, when thou art turned from this sin, when thou art recovered from this heinous offence, then use your experience to warn and strengthen those who are in danger of like sins. A man may be converted or turned from any sin, or any evil course. He is regenerated but once--at the beginning of his Christian life; he may be converted as often as he fails into sin.

Strengthen thy brethren. Confirm them, warn them, encourage them. They are in continual danger, also, of sinning. Use your experience to warn them of their danger, and to comfort and sustain them in their temptations. And from this we learn--

1st. That one design of permitting Christians to fall into sin is to show their own weakness and dependence on God; and,

2nd. That they who have been overtaken in this manner should make use of their experience to warn and preserve others from the same path. The two epistles of Peter, and his whole life, show that he was attentive to this command of Jesus; and in his death he manifested his deep abhorrence of this act of dreadful guilt in denying his blessed Lord, by requesting to be crucified with his head downward, as unworthy to suffer in the same manner that Christ did.

Jn 21:18.

(v) "I have prayed for thee" Jn 17:9,15, He 7:25, 1Jn 2:1 (w) "strengthen" Ps 51:13, Jn 21:15-17

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 32 I 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 - εκλειπῃ, from εκ, out, and λειπω, 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 denial of his Lord, that his faith did fail, and his great courage too; and yet they read, in the common translation, that Christ prayed that it might not fail: can they then conceive that our Lord's prayer was heard? The translation which I have given above removes this embarrassment and apparent contradiction. It was certainly Peter's advantage that our Lord did pray for him; but it was not so much for his honor that he should stand in need of such a prayer, beyond all others. Lightfoot. When thou art converted - Restored to a sense of thy folly and sin, and to me and my cause - establish these thy brethren. All the disciples forsook Jesus and fled, merely through fear of losing their lives; Peter, who continued for a while near him, denied his Master with oaths, and repeated this thrice: our Lord seems to intimate that, after this fall, Peter would become more cautious and circumspect than ever; and that he should become uncommonly strong in the faith, which was the case; and that, notwithstanding the baseness of his past conduct, he should be a proper instrument for strengthening the feeble minded, and supporting the weak. His two epistles to the persecuted Christians show how well he was qualified for this important work.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 22:21-38

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…

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Luke 22:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473

δὲdehoweverG1161

ἐδεήθηνedeēthēnbeggedG1189

περὶperiforG4012

σοῦsouyouG4771

ἵναinathatG2443

μὴmēnotG3361

ἐκλίπῃeklipēmay failG1587

ἡhētheG3588

πίστιςpistisfaithG4102

σου.souof you.G4771

καὶkaiandG2532

σύsuyou yourselfG4771

ποτεpotewhenG4218

ἐπιστρέψαςepistrepsasyou have turned backG1994

στήρισονstērisondo strengthenG4741

τοὺςtoustheG3588

ἀδελφούςadelphousbrothersG80

σου.souof you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 22:32

John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
1 Peter 5:8-10
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
John 17:9-11
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
2 Corinthians 1:4-6
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore 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 John 2:1-2
My 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: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Hebrews 12:12-13
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Luke 8:13
They 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.
Luke 22:61-62
And 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. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have.
Zec 3:2-4; Joh 14:19; 17:9-11,15-21; Ro 5:9,10; 8:32,34; Heb 7:25
1Pe 1:5; 1Jo 2:1,2
thy faith.
8:13; 2Ti 2:18; Tit 1:1; Heb 12:15; 1Pe 1:1; 1Jo 2:19
and when.
61,62; Mt 18:3; 26:75; Mr 14:72; 16:7; Ac 3:19
strengthen.
Ps 32:3-6; 51:12,13; Joh 21:15-17; 2Co 1:4-6; 1Ti 1:13-16
Heb 12:12,13; 1Pe 1:13; 5:8-10; 2Pe 1:10-12; 3:14,17,18

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Context

Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Luke 22:33
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.

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Luke 22:32 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mas yo he rogado por ti que tu fe no falte: y tú, una vez vuelto, confirma á tus hermanos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	mais moi, j’ai prié pour toi, afin que ta foi ne défaille pas; et toi, quand une fois tu seras revenu, fortifie tes frères.
German Elberfelder 1871	Ich aber habe für dich gebetet, auf daß dein Glaube nicht aufhöre; und du, bist du einst zurückgekehrt, so stärke deine Brüder.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	ego autem rogavi pro te ut non deficiat fides tua: et tu aliquando conversus, confirma fratres tuos.