Luke 12:50
And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?
51Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me
Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went before them, and they were astonished; and following were afraid. And taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should befall him.
John 7:6Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
John 10:39They sought therefore to take him; and he escaped out of their hands.
John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the scabbard. The chalice which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Acts 20:22And now, behold, being bound in the spirit, I go to Jerusalem: not knowing the things which 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 →