Luke 12:50
And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and I am much pressed until it be accomplished.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 fire on the earth; and I would, that it already burned.
51Suppose ye, that I have come to produce tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division.
Cross References
Mark 10:32And as they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem, Jesus went before them: and they were amazed, and walked after him with trembling. And he took his twelve, and began to tell them what was to befall him.
John 7:6Jesus said to them: My time hath not yet come: but your time is always ready.
John 10:39And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;
John 18:11And Jesus said to Cephas: Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Acts 20:22And now I am bound in spirit, and I go to Jerusalem; and I know not what will 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 →