Luke 12:50

“But I haue a baptisme to be baptized with, and how am I straitned till it be accomplished?”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations for Luke 12:50

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

"But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- New American Standard Version (1995)

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- American Standard Version (1901)

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!
- Basic English Bible

But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
- Darby Bible

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished!
- Webster's Bible

But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!
- Weymouth Bible

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- World English Bible

And Y haue to be baptisid with a baptysm, and hou am Y constreyned, til that it be perfitli don?
- Wycliffe Bible

but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for Luke 12:50

Wesley's Notes for Luke 12:50

12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with - I must suffer first, before I can set up my kingdom. And how I long to fight my way through all!


People's Bible Notes for Luke 12:50


Lu 12:50 I have a baptism. Of suffering. That of the cross. Straitened. Feeling the burden in anticipation.

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