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Is It Actually in the Bible?
Phrases people quote as Scripture. The real verse, or the honest answer that there is not one.
"Satan hath desired to have you" (Luke 22:31) sounds like Jesus is only talking to Peter, the same 'you' as the next verse's 'thee.'
In the KJV, 'you' is strictly plural: a distinction the verse itself uses to separate a warning to all the disciples from a promise to Peter alone.
Luke 22:31-32, in every translation this tool compares.
Jesus says, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" (Luke 22:31-32). Early Modern English kept the singular "thou/thee/thy" separate from the plural "ye/you/your." Satan's request to "sift" targets the whole group of disciples (plural "you"), but Jesus's specific prayer is for Peter alone (singular "thee"/"thy"): a distinction completely visible in the original wording.
Modern English collapsed both forms into one all-purpose "you," so a reader today can't tell from the words alone that verse 31 is about all the apostles while verse 32 narrows down to Peter specifically: the KJV's pronouns were doing real interpretive work that's now invisible.
