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# Simon, Simon
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Jesus said his name twice to show that what he was about to say to him was very important.
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# to have you, that he might sift you
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The word "you" refers to all of the apostles.
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# that he might sift you as wheat
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This means that Satan wanted to test the disciples to find something wrong. Alternate translation: "that he might test you like someone who passes grain through a sieve"
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