Luke 12:50

Modern

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

Traditional

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

Literal

But I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how distressed I am until it should be accomplished!

Latin

Baptismo autem habeo baptizari: et quomodo coarctor usque dum perficiatur?

Greek

English

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

a baptism to undergo: The Scriptures often describe God's judgment as an overwhelming flood (Psalms 18:4; 42:7; 69:1–2; Isaiah 8:7–8; 30:27–28; Jonah 2:5).

Theme notes and profiles

John 12:27–28
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.
John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
Mark 10:32–38
As 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 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
John 7:6–8
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Matthew 20:17–22
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
John 10:39–41
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
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?”
John 7:10
But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
Acts 20:22
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.