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for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
Luke 22:18 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until God’s Kingdom comes.”
  • KJV For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
  • BSB For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
  • NKJV for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
  • NLT For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”

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Quick answer

Jesus declares He will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until God's Kingdom comes. He sets His coming death in the hope of the Kingdom's arrival.

Overview

Jesus foretells His imminent death by saying He will not drink wine again until the Kingdom comes. The statement joins sober anticipation of the cross with confident expectation of the Kingdom His sacrifice secures. It points believers forward to the joyful fellowship of the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 26:29But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
  • Luke 22:16for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in God’s Kingdom.”
  • Isa 55:1“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Mark 14:25Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom.”
  • Luke 21:31Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.
  • Col 1:13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Mark 15:23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
  • Song 5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
  • Zech 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
  • Mark 14:23He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
  • Mark 9:1He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God’s Kingdom come with power.”
  • Zech 9:15Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
  • Isa 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
  • Prov 31:6–7Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:
  • Acts 2:30–36Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
  • Judg 9:13“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
  • Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • Isa 24:9–11They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
  • Luke 9:27But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see God’s Kingdom.”
  • Matt 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  • Eph 5:18–19Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
  • Ps 104:15wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Luke 22:18 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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