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Luke 12:50 KJV
Luke · chapter 12 · verse 50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!Luke 12:50 · King James Version
Luke 12:50 in context
48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- straitenedsynechōto hold together, any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it, to…G4912 →
- baptismbaptismaimmersion, submersion, of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed…G908 →
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Here is, I. Peter's question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luk 12:41): "Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?" Peter was now,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-53