Luke 12:50
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”
ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
συνέχω
I am distressed
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συνέχω
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
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πῶς
how
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πῶς
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
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ἕως
until
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ἕως
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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τελέω
it may be accomplished!
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τελέω
to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt)
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ὅστις
while
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ὅστις
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
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