But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Parallel translations
- WEB But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- KJV But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- NKJV But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
- NASB But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- NLT I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.
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Quick answer
Jesus speaks of a baptism He must undergo and His distress until it is accomplished. He refers to the suffering and death awaiting Him.
Overview
The 'baptism' is Jesus' coming passion, His being overwhelmed by suffering and death on the cross. His distress reveals the genuine weight of what He willingly faces for the sake of sinners. This verse displays both the cost of redemption and Christ's steadfast determination to accomplish the salvation of His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- John 12:27–28Now 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.
- John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- John 7:6–8Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- Mark 10:32–38As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- Ps 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Matt 20:17–22As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
- Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- John 10:39–41At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- John 7:10But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
- John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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