Luke 12:50 Cross References

Luke 12:50

50: There is a terrible baptism ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.

When Jesus had tasted it, he said, "It is finished!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

As Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him.
"When we get to Jerusalem," he said, "the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die.
Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, whipped, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead."
Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor.
"What is your request?" he asked. She replied, "In your Kingdom, will you let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one at your right and the other at your left?"

Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, 'Father, save me from what lies ahead'? But that is the very reason why I came!
Father, bring glory to your name." Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, "I have already brought it glory, and I will do it again."

Jesus replied, "Now is not the right time for me to go. But you can go anytime, and it will make no difference.
The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of sin and evil.
You go on. I am not yet ready to go to this festival, because my time has not yet come."

"And now I am going to Jerusalem, drawn there irresistibly by the Holy Spirit, not knowing what awaits me,

Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.
He went beyond the Jordan River to stay near the place where John was first baptizing.
And many followed him. "John didn't do miracles," they remarked to one another, "but all his predictions about this man have come true."

But after his brothers had left for the festival, Jesus also went, though secretly, staying out of public view.

They were now on the way to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with dread and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began to describe everything that was about to happen to him in Jerusalem.
"When we get to Jerusalem," he told them, "the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die and hand him over to the Romans.
They will mock him, spit on him, beat him with their whips, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again."
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do us a favor."
"What is it?" he asked.

But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup the Father has given me?"

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