Luke 12:50
And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!
Catholic Public Domain 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 have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?
51Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
Mark 10:32Now they were on the way ascending to Jerusalem. And Jesus went ahead of them, and they were astonished. And those following him were afraid. And again, taking aside the twelve, he began to tell them what was about to happen to him.
John 7:6Therefore, Jesus said to them: “My time has not yet come; but your time is always at hand.
John 10:39Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands.
John 18:11Therefore, Jesus said to Peter: “Set your sword into the scabbard. Should I not drink the chalice which my Father has given to me?”
Acts 20:22And now, behold, being obliged in spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to 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 →