50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
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When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. …
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, …
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 41-53)Here is, I. Peter’s question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luke 12:41): “ Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?” Peter was now, as often, spokesman for the disciples. We have reason to bless God that there ar…
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