Luke 12:50
But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!
Literal Standard 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 to the earth, and what I wish [is] if it were already kindled!
51Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division;
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I have delighted to do Your pleasure, my God, || And Your law [is] within my heart.”
Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the Twelve, He began to tell them the things about to happen to Him:
John 7:6Jesus, therefore, says to them, “My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;
John 10:39Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He went forth out of their hand,
John 18:11Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father has given to Me, may I not drink it?”
Acts 20:22And now, behold, I—bound in the Spirit—go on to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will befall 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 →