Discovery BoxLuke 12:50 
Context12:50 I have a baptism 1 to undergo, 2 and how distressed I am until it is finished!
Luke 22:37
Context22:37 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
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).
2 tn Grk “to be baptized with.”
3 sn This scripture must be fulfilled in me. The statement again reflects the divine necessity of God’s plan. See 4:43-44.
4 tn Or “with the lawless.”
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.
5 tn Grk “is having its fulfillment.”
