Luke 12:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitenedd till it be accomplished! ”

• Luke 12:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A baptism - See the notes at Matthew 20:22 . 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...

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• Luke 12:50 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Signs of the Times. For parallels see below. Jesus is oppressed with the thought of the future till it is accomplished. Luke 12:49 f. Lk. only. Fire is what Jesus has come to cast on the eart...

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• Luke 12:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I have. baptism , &c. Referring to the sufferings which had to be first accomplished. See Luke 24:26 ; Acts 3:18 . App-115.. i. how am. straitened . how am. being pressed. Greek. sunechomai...

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• Luke 12:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  50. But I have a baptism to be baptized with. By these words our Lord asserts that there remains nothing but his last act, that by his death he may consecrate the renovation of the world. Fo...

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• Luke 12:50 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1531 THE BLOODY BAPTISM OF OUR LORD Luke 12:50 . I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! ANY one who understands the true nature of Ch...

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• Luke 12:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! But I have a baptism - The fire, though already kindled, cannot burn up till after the Jews have put me to d...

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• Luke 12:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But I have a baptism, &c.— "But I have indeed, in the mean time; a most dreadful baptism to be baptized with, and know that I shall shortly be baptized as it were in blood, and plunged in...

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• Luke 12:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! But I have a baptism to be baptized with - clearly His own bloody baptism, which had first to take p...

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• Luke 12:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Leaven of the Pharisees. The Rich Fool 1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is not unsuitable to th...

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• Luke 12:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I have a baptism to be baptized with. — Here we have a point of contact with the words spoken to the sons of Zebedee. (See Notes on Matthew 20:22 , and Mark 10:38 .) The baptism of which the Lord...

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• Luke 12:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Great Divider Luke 12:49-59 As Prometheus, in the old Greek fable, brought fire from above in a reed, so Christ brought the fire of the Holy Spirit in the frail lantern of His humanity. But...

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• Luke 12:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...

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• Luke 12:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (49) I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled? (50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished? (51) Suppose ye th...

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• Luke 12:50 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  CHRISTS BAPTISM OF SUFFERING ‘I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished.’ Luke 12:50 I. The whole structure of this sentence is in exact keeping...

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• Luke 12:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But I have a baptism to be baptized with ,.... Not water baptism, for he had been baptized with that already; nor the baptism of the Spirit, which he had also received without measure; though the Et...

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• Luke 12:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Ver. 50. And how am I staitened ] This painful preconceit of his passion was a part of our Saviour's pas...

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• Luke 12:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I am come to send fire on earth Our Lord concludes his charge to his disciples with foretelling the divisions that should be occasioned by his gospel. See on Matthew 10:34 . As if he had said, Aft...

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• Luke 12:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS (vs.1-12) At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the Pharis...

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• Luke 12:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated.       41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?   42 And...

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• Luke 12:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This baptism, spoken of here by our Saviour, is the same mentioned Matthew 20:22,23 , and can be understood of nothing but his passion, the accomplishment of which he hints us was to be before the...

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• Luke 12:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Future Will Not All Be Rosy (12:49-53). As Jesus contemplates the thought of the punishments which will be inflicted on the various unfaithful servants, it carries His thought forward on to wh...

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• Luke 12:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 12:49 . I am come .—Rather, “I came” (R.V.). The tense refers to the historical fact of the Incarnation. Note in this the consciousness of pre-existence, as also of a heavenl...

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• Luke 12:50 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 12:50 I. Most persons know something of the feeling of suspens and anxious curiosity, when they are looking forward to anything very serious, anything which they think will greatly affect the...

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• Luke 12:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 12:1 . There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people. The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5 . Power to cast into hell. The Greek is Gehenna, as on...

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• Luke 12:50 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I have a baptism to be baptized with-- Intensity in Christian service I. OF THIS INTENSITY CHRIST HIMSELF WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. Fervour reached white heat in the Son of Man, and the service...

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• Luke 12:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 12:1-42 The Lord , after leaving the Pharisee ' s house , speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him , addressing his words principally to his own discip...

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• Luke 12:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The dissension caused by the Gospel:

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• Luke 12:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 20:22 ; John 10:39-41 ; John 12:27 ; John 12:28 ; John 18:11 ; John 19:30 ; John 4:34 ; John 7:10 ; John 7:6-8 ; Mark 10:32-38 ; Matthew 20:17-22 ; Psalms 40:8

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• Luke 12:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But I have a baptism to be baptized with — I must suffer first, before I can set up my kingdom. And how I long to fight my way through all!

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