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and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am going to be put to a hard test. And I will have to suffer a lot of pain until it is over. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I have a baptism to go through, and I will suffer until it is over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I have a baptism to be baptized with, and what stress I am under until it's completed! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But I have a baptism <i>with which</i> to be baptized, and how I am distressed until it should be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I have an immersion to be immersed with; and how am I pressed together till it should be finished!<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have a baptism to be baptized with; and I am oppressed until it is fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and I am much afflicted until it is fulfilled.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it may be perfected!<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I distressed in spirit till it is finished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />the baptism, which I am to undergo, how do I long till it be accomplished?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>But I have an immersion to be immersed <i>with</i>; and how am I constrained until it be accomplished!<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>for I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/12-50.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=5404" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/12.htm">Not Peace, But Division</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49</span>I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! <span class="reftext">50</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echō (V-PIA-1S) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">I have</a> <a href="/greek/908.htm" title="908: baptisma (N-ANS) -- The rite or ceremony of baptism. From baptizo; baptism.">a baptism</a> <a href="/greek/907.htm" title="907: baptisthēnai (V-ANP) -- Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. ">to undergo,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4459.htm" title="4459: pōs (Adv) -- Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!">how</a> <a href="/greek/4912.htm" title="4912: synechomai (V-PIM/P-1S) -- From sun and echo; to hold together, i.e. To compress or arrest; figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy.">distressed I am</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">until</a> <a href="/greek/3755.htm" title="3755: hotou (RelPro-GMS) -- Until. For the genitive case of hostis; during which same time, i.e. Whilst."></a> <a href="/greek/5055.htm" title="5055: telesthē (V-ASP-3S) -- (a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay. From telos; to end, i.e. Complete, execute, conclude, discharge.">it is accomplished!</a> </span> <span class="reftext">51</span>Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22-23</a></span><br />“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered. / “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-38.htm">Mark 10:38-39</a></span><br />“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?” / “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-30.htm">John 19:30</a></span><br />When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3-4</a></span><br />Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? / We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7-8</a></span><br />but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. / And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7-9</a></span><br />During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. / Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. / And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11-12</a></span><br />After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Psalm 22:14-15</a></span><br />I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. / My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27</a></span><br />Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38-39</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” / Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34-36</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.” / Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him. / “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-11.htm">John 18:11</a></span><br />“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9-10</a></span><br />Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! / For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a></span><br />and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!</p><p class="hdg">I have.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-17.htm">Matthew 20:17-22</a></b></br> And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/10-32.htm">Mark 10:32-38</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-8.htm">Psalm 40:8</a></b></br> I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law <i>is</i> within my heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/4-34.htm">John 4:34</a></b></br> Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/7-6.htm">John 7:6-8,10</a></b></br> Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready… </p><p class="hdg">straitened.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/2-40.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/luke/7-29.htm">Baptism</a> <a href="/luke/7-31.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/luke/11-22.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/luke/4-13.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/mark/6-45.htm">Constrained</a> <a href="/luke/2-48.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/luke/12-39.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/luke/8-42.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/matthew/7-14.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/luke/9-31.htm">Undergo</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/18-31.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/luke/20-4.htm">Baptism</a> <a href="/john/3-22.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/luke/13-32.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/luke/18-31.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/luke/24-29.htm">Constrained</a> <a href="/luke/16-24.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/luke/13-16.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/luke/24-29.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/luke/17-25.htm">Undergo</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Jesus preaches to his apostles to avoid hypocrisy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-13.htm">and warns against covetousness, by the parable of the man who set up greater barns.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm">We must not worry about earthly things,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-31.htm">but seek the kingdom of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">give alms;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-35.htm">be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he comes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-41.htm">Jesus' disciples are to see to their charges,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-49.htm">and look for persecution.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-54.htm">The people must take this time of grace;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">57. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/12-57.htm">because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But I have a baptism to undergo</b><br>In this phrase, "baptism" is metaphorical, referring to Jesus' impending suffering and death. Baptism, in its literal sense, involves immersion in water, symbolizing purification and initiation. Here, it signifies Jesus' immersion into suffering and the fulfillment of His mission. This concept is echoed in <a href="/mark/10-38.htm">Mark 10:38-39</a>, where Jesus speaks of the "cup" and "baptism" He must endure, indicating the trials and sacrificial death He will face. The use of "baptism" highlights the depth and intensity of the experience, as it involves complete submission to God's will.<p><b>and how distressed I am</b><br>The term "distressed" reflects Jesus' human emotions and the weight of His mission. It indicates a deep emotional turmoil and anticipation of the suffering He will endure. This distress is not due to fear of physical pain alone but encompasses the spiritual burden of bearing the sins of humanity. <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7-8</a> speaks to Jesus' prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears, emphasizing His genuine human experience of distress. This phrase underscores the dual nature of Christ, fully divine yet fully human, experiencing real emotions.<p><b>until it is accomplished!</b><br>"Accomplished" refers to the completion of Jesus' mission through His death and resurrection. This fulfillment is central to the salvation narrative, as it signifies the completion of God's redemptive plan. The term echoes Jesus' final words on the cross, "It is finished" (<a href="/john/19-30.htm">John 19:30</a>), marking the culmination of His earthly ministry and the atonement for sin. The use of "until" indicates a forward-looking perspective, emphasizing the inevitability and purposefulness of His mission. This accomplishment is prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where the suffering servant's role in redemption is outlined, and it connects to the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Jesus is expressing His anticipation and distress regarding the suffering He is about to endure.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/baptism.htm">Baptism</a></b><br>In this context, "baptism" refers metaphorically to Jesus' impending suffering and crucifixion, rather than the traditional water baptism.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cross.htm">The Cross</a></b><br>The event that Jesus is alluding to, where He will undergo immense suffering for the redemption of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_jesus'_mission.htm">Understanding Jesus' Mission</a></b><br>Jesus' reference to "baptism" underscores the centrality of His mission to suffer and die for humanity's sins. This was not an unexpected event but a divine necessity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_sacrifice.htm">The Weight of Sacrifice</a></b><br>Jesus' distress highlights the immense burden of the cross. It reminds believers of the cost of their salvation and the depth of Christ's love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/embracing_our_own_cross.htm">Embracing Our Own Cross</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to take up our own crosses. This involves enduring trials and sacrifices for the sake of the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_fulfillment.htm">Anticipation of Fulfillment</a></b><br>Jesus' focus on the accomplishment of His mission encourages believers to remain steadfast in their faith, looking forward to the fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering_in_the_christian_life.htm">The Role of Suffering in the Christian Life</a></b><br>Suffering is not without purpose. It can be a means of spiritual growth and a way to participate in Christ's sufferings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_teachings_events_in_luke.htm">What are the key teachings and events in Luke?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_jesus_tempted_if_spirit-led.htm">How can Jesus be 'led by the Spirit' yet encounter direct temptation from the devil (Luke 4:1)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_send_an_'evil_spirit'.htm">In 1 Samuel 16:14, why would God send an 'evil spirit' to torment Saul, contradicting the idea of a benevolent deity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_pray_for.htm">What did Jesus pray for during His ministry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(50) <span class= "bld">I have a baptism to be baptized with.</span>--Here we have a point of contact with the words spoken to the sons of Zebedee. (See Notes on <a href="/matthew/20-22.htm" title="But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say to him, We are able.">Matthew 20:22</a>, and <a href="/mark/10-38.htm" title="But Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?">Mark 10:38</a>.) The baptism of which the Lord now speaks is that of one who is come into deep waters, so that the floods pass over him, over whose head have passed and are passing the waves and billows of many and great sorrows. Yet here, too, the Son of Man does not shrink or draw back. What He felt most keenly, in His human nature, was the pain, the constraint of expectation. He was, in that perfect humanity of His, harassed and oppressed, as other sufferers have been, by the thought of what was coming, more than by the actual suffering when it came.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 50.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But I have a baptism to he baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!</span> The baptism he here speaks of was the baptism of pain and suffering and death - what we call the Passion of the Lord. He knew it must all be gone through, to bring about the blessed result for which he left his home in heaven; but he looked on to it, nevertheless, with terror and shrinking. "He is under pressure," says Godet, "to enter into this suffering because he is in haste to get out of it, mournfully impatient to have done with a painful task." This passage of the discourse of Jesus here has been called "a prelude of Gethsemane." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/12-50.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔχω</span> <span class="translit">(echō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a baptism</span><br /><span class="grk">βάπτισμα</span> <span class="translit">(baptisma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_908.htm">Strong's 908: </a> </span><span class="str2">The rite or ceremony of baptism. From baptizo; baptism.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to undergo,</span><br /><span class="grk">βαπτισθῆναι</span> <span class="translit">(baptisthēnai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_907.htm">Strong's 907: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">how</span><br /><span class="grk">πῶς</span> <span class="translit">(pōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4459.htm">Strong's 4459: </a> </span><span class="str2">Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">distressed I am</span><br /><span class="grk">συνέχομαι</span> <span class="translit">(synechomai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4912.htm">Strong's 4912: </a> </span><span class="str2">From sun and echo; to hold together, i.e. To compress or arrest; figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="grk">ἕως</span> <span class="translit">(heōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> </span><span class="str2">A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it is accomplished!</span><br /><span class="grk">τελεσθῇ</span> <span class="translit">(telesthē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5055.htm">Strong's 5055: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay. 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