Luke 12:50
But I have an immersion to be immersed, and how am I constrained until it will be accomplished.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
In Context
49I came to cast fire upon the earth, and what I desire is if it were kindled already.
51Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Mark 10:32And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And again having summoned the twelve, he began to tell them the things that were going to
John 7:6Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready.
John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him, and he went forth out of their hand.
John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I, no, not drink it?
Acts 20:22And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →