I have prayed for thee Rather, I made supplication concerning thee, shewing that Peter, the most confident, was at that moment the most imperilled, though Jesus had prayed for them all (John 17:9; John 17:11).

that thy faith fail not The word means -fail not utterly, or finally.

when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren Comp. Psalms 51:13.

So, after the Resurrection, Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep" (John 21:17). The very word for -strengthen" sank into his heart, and is repeated in his Epistle, 1 Peter 5:10.-Converted" has not here its technicalmeaning but -when thou hast turned again." It means more, however, than merely vicissim,-in turn." Comp. 1 Peter 2:25; 2 Peter 2:21 ;Matthew 13:15, &c.

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