ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς. ‘Satan demanded you,’ or ‘gained you by asking;’ all of you, ‘not content with Judas,’ vs. 3. Bengel. τοῦ σινιάσαι. The word σινιάσαι, from σίνιον, a sieve, occurs here only. Satan, too, has his winnowing fan, that he may get his chaff. Judas has been already winnowed away from the Apostolic band, and now Satan demands Peter (comp. Job 1:9). The warning left a deep impression on Peter’s mind. 1 Pet. 5:8, 9. For the metaphor see Amos 9:9, 10. 32. ἐδεήθην περὶ σοῦ. ‘I made