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Luke 12:50

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Luke 12:50 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 12:50

Theological / Devotional

I have a baptism. Clearly not Jesus’ baptism at the hands of John, now more than three years in the past, but rather the “baptism” of His death (see on Matthew 3:11). The word “baptize,” when used figuratively, as here, means to be “immersed” in circumstances which bring one face to face with death, as one would be if immersed in water for any considerable length of time.

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