Lukas 12:50

12:50 I have a baptism ¹  to undergo, ²  and how distressed I am until it is finished!

Lukas 22:37

22:37 For I tell you that this scripture must be ³  fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ ⁴  For what is written about me is being fulfilled.” ⁵ 

[12:50]  ¹ sn The figure of the baptism is variously interpreted, as some see a reference (1) to martyrdom or (2) to inundation with God’s judgment. The OT background, however, suggests the latter sense: Jesus is about to be uniquely inundated with God’s judgment as he is rejected, persecuted, and killed (Ps 18:4, 16; 42:7; 69:1-2; Isa 8:7-8; 30:27-28; Jonah 2:3-6).

[12:50]  ² tn Grk “to be baptized with.”

[22:37]  ³ sn This scripture must be fulfilled in me. The statement again reflects the divine necessity of God’s plan. See 4:43-44.

[22:37]  ⁴ tn Or “with the lawless.”

[22:37]  sn This is a quotation from Isa 53:12. It highlights a theme of Luke 22-23. Though completely innocent, Jesus dies as if he were a criminal.

[22:37]  ⁵ tn Grk “is having its fulfillment.”