diff --git a/luk/12/50.md b/luk/12/50.md index db2a13b378..5ba951b777 100644 --- a/luk/12/50.md +++ b/luk/12/50.md @@ -1,12 +1,7 @@ # I have a baptism to be baptized with -Here "baptism" refers to what Jesus must suffer. Just as water covers a person during baptism, suffering will overwhelm Jesus. Alternate translation: "I must go through a baptism of terrible suffering" or "I must be overwhelmed by suffering as a person being baptized is covered by water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) - -# But - -The word "but" is used to show that he cannot cast the fire on the earth until after he goes through his baptism. +Here "baptism" refers to what Jesus must suffer. Just as water covers a person during baptism, suffering will overwhelm Jesus. Alternate translation: "I must go through a baptism of terrible suffering" or "I must be overwhelmed by suffering as a person being baptized is covered by water" # how I am distressed until it is completed -This exclamation emphasizes how distressed he was. Alternate translation: "I am terribly distressed and will be so until I complete this baptism of suffering" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclamations]]) - +"I am terribly distressed and will be so until I complete this baptism"