That thy faith fail not (ινα μη εκλιπη ε πιστις μου). Second aorist active subjunctive of purpose with ινα after εδεηθην (…

That your faith fail not. The word faith, here, seems to be used in the sense of religion, or attachment to Christ, and the words…

I have prayed for thee.—The individualising pronoun is significant as indicating to the Apostle, who was most confident, …

And 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 fa…

The Venerable Bede: To prevent the eleven from becoming boastful and attributing it to their own strength that they, almost alo…

Just after Jesus commended the disciples for their faithfulness and promised them a kingdom, he goes on to predict Peter’s defection, which he attr…

But I have prayed for thee
Christ prayed for all the apostles; but particularly for Peter, because he was in the gre…

How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…