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But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
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A Baptism of Suffering
Scholars are unanimous that the 'baptism' Jesus speaks of is not with water, but is a powerful metaphor for His coming suffering and death. Commentators describe it as being completely immersed in or overwhelmed by sorrow, like being plunged into deep waters. This 'baptism of blood' was a necessary part of God's plan of salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A baptism. See Barnes' notes on Matthew 20:22.
Am I straitened. How I earnestly desire that it were accomplished! Since th…
I have a baptism (βαπτισμα δε εχω). Once again Jesus will call his baptism the baptism of blood and will challenge James and John …
19th Century
Anglican
I have a baptism to be baptized with.—Here we have a point of contact with the words spoken to the sons of Zebedee (see n…
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The previous section leads into this paragraph about the personal crises Christ precipitates. It is difficult to determine the precise meaning of “…
16th Century
Protestant
But I have a baptism to be baptized with. By these words our Lord asserts that there remains nothing but his last act, that by his death h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I have a baptism to be baptized with Not water baptism, for he had been baptized with that already; nor the bapt…
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