Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
Darby Translation
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 on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
51Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
Cross References
Psalms 40:8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them; and they were amazed, and were afraid as they followed. And taking the twelve again to [him], he began to tell them what was going to happen to him:
John 7:6Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.
John 10:39They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand
John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
Acts 20:22And now, behold, bound in my spirit *I* go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall 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 →