Luke 22:30

Luke 22:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Context of Luke 22:30

28You are those who stood by me in my trials. 29I bestow on you a kingdom, just as my Father bestowed one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31“Simon, Simon, look out. Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Luke 22:30 word by word

ἵνα ἔσθητε καὶ πίνητε ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης μου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου καὶ καθήσεσθε ἐπὶ θρόνων τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς κρίνοντες τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• ye may eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• atἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• tableτράπεζαtrapeza · tableG5132
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• sitκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• thronesθρόνοςthronos · throneG2362
• judgingκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• the twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• tribesφυλήphulē · tribeG5443
• of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474

Cross-references for Luke 22:30

• Luke 22:16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 12:37Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.
• Luke 14:15When one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
• 2 Samuel 9:9Then the king summoned Saul’s attendant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and his family.
• 2 Samuel 19:28For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king?”
• Matthew 8:11I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• Revelation 19:9Then he said to me, “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are headed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will waste away in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
• Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Corinthians 6:2Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the trivial cases?
• Revelation 2:26The one who conquers and who keeps my works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations —
• Revelation 3:21“To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white clothes, with golden crowns on their heads.

Commentaries on Luke 22:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Sit on thrones - See on Matthew 19:28; (note). Marcion left the whole of this verse out, according to Epiphanius: probably because he did not understand it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30See the notes at Matthew 19:28.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-38Verses 21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan. If he cannot destroy, he will try to disgrace or distress us. Nothing more certainly forebodes a fall, in a professed follower of Christ, than self-confidence, with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30judging the twelve tribes of Israel: This could be a figurative reference to the apostles’ leadership in the church. Or it could refer to their special role in the future, when God’s kingdom will be fully established on earth (compare Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 3:21; 20:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3024-30. there was--or "had been," referring probably to some symptoms of the former strife which had reappeared, perhaps on seeing the whole paschal arrangements committed to two of the Twelve. (See on Mr 10:42-45.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:30

• Apostles
• Church
• Heaven
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings