That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
- BSB so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- NKJV that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
- NASB that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- NLT to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Quick answer
Jesus promises the apostles will feast at His table and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. He pledges them honored places in His Kingdom.
Overview
Jesus assures His followers of intimate fellowship and shared rule in the consummated Kingdom. The imagery of feasting and thrones points to the full reward awaiting those who endure with Him. It transforms their present trials into the pathway to glory in Christ's eternal reign.
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Cross-references · 13
- Matt 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matt 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Rev 2:26–27And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
- Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
- Luke 14:15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
- Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
- Rev 19:9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
- 1 Cor 6:2–3Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- Rev 4:4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
- 2 Sam 9:9–10Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
- Luke 22:16–18For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
- Ps 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
- 2 Sam 19:28For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
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