Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 12:50 in other translations
| BSB | But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! |
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| WEB | But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! |
| ASV | But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! |
| YLT | but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed! |
| DARBY | But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished! |
| BBE | But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete! |
| Webster | But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished! |
What does Luke 12:50 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:49-53
49-53. to send--cast. fire--"the higher spiritual element of life which Jesus came to introduce into this earth (compare Mt 3:11), with reference to its mighty effects in quickening all that is akin to it and destroying all that is opposed. To cause this element of life to take up its abode on earth, and wholly to pervade human hearts with its warmth, was the lofty destiny of the Redeemer" [Olshausen: so Calvin…
Barnes' Notes
Am I straitened. How do I earnestly desire that it were passed! Since these sufferings must be endured, how anxious am I that the time should come! Such were the feelings of the Redeemer in view of his approaching dying hour. We may learn from this--
1st. That it is not improper to feel deeply at the prospect of dying. It is a sad, awful, terrible event; and it is impossible that we should look at it aright without feeling --scarcely without trembling.
2nd. It is not improper to desire that the time should come, and that the day of our release should draw nigh, Php 1:23. To the Christian, death is but the entrance to life; and since the pains of death must be endured, and since they lead to heaven, it matters little how soon he passes through these sorrows, and rises to his eternal rest.
(5) "straitened", or "pained"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:41-53
All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable…
Luke 12:50 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 12:50
- John 12:27-28
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
- John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
- John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- John 7:6-8
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
- Mark 10:32-38
And 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, Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. …
- Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Matthew 20:17-22
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. …
- Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
- John 7:10
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
- John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
- John 10:39-41
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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Context
- Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke 12:50 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero de bautismo me es necesario ser bautizado: y ¡cómo me angustio hasta que sea cumplido! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais j’ai à être baptisé d’un baptême; et combien suis-je à l’étroit jusqu’à ce qu’il soit accompli! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich habe aber eine Taufe, womit ich getauft werden muß, und wie bin ich beengt, bis sie vollbracht ist! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Baptismo autem habeo baptizari: et quomodo coarctor usque dum perficiatur? |