Luke 12:50
I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!
51Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.
Cross References
Mark 10:32And they were in the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid. And again taking the twelve aside, he began to tell them what was about to befall him.
John 7:6Then Jesus said to them: My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready.
John 10:39Then they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands.
John 18:11Then Jesus said to Peter: Put up your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?
Acts 20:22And now, behold, I am going, bound in spirit, to Jerusalem, not knowing what shall befall me there,
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 →