Luke 12:50 Meaning and Explanation
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus speaks of a baptism He must yet undergo, and of how pressed He is until it is accomplished.
What Does Luke 12:50 Mean?
The kindling of the fire waits on something Jesus must first pass through: a baptism — His own word elsewhere for the suffering and death awaiting Him (Mark 10:38), an overwhelming plunge. Until then He is straitened: gripped, hemmed in, pressed on every side, His heart held between longing and the road that leads through the cross.
This verse opens a window into the inner life of the Redeemer on the way to Jerusalem. He sees what is coming and does not swerve; the pressure He feels is not reluctance but holy urgency — till it be accomplished. On the cross He would cry that it is finished (John 19:30). Every comfort the Gospel offers was purchased by a Savior who walked toward that baptism willingly.
Luke 12:50 in the Original Language
synechomai (συνέχομαι), 'straitened' -- to be pressed in, gripped, hemmed in on every side.
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What does Luke 12:50 mean?
Jesus speaks of a baptism He must yet undergo, and of how pressed He is until it is accomplished.