Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Updated King James 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 am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
51Suppose all of you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within my heart.
Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
John 7:6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.
John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit (o. pneuma) unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that 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 →