The baptism Jesus spoke of in the verses below apparently refers to the agony he was to endure at His crucifixion.
| Matthew 20:22,23 |
But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to
drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I
am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able." So He said to
them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give,
but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father." |
| Mark 10:38-40 |
But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the
cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
They said to Him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will
indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you
will be baptized; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not
Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared." |
| Luke 12:50 |
"But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!" |
| Mark 8:31 |
And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after
three days rise again. |
| Mark 9:12 |
Then He answered and told them, "Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all
things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer
many things and be treated with contempt?" |
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