New King James Version
Luke 22:29
29And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me,
Luke 22:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
- New International Version (NIV)And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom,
- New Living Translation (NLT)And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right
Context of Luke 22:29
27For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. 28“But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials. And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, 30that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” 31And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
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κἀγὼ διατίθεμαι ὑμῖν καθὼς διέθετό μοι ὁ πατήρ μου βασιλείαν,Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 22:29
- Luke 12:32“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Luke 19:17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’
- Matthew 24:47Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- 1 Corinthians 9:25And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
- 2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.
- 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
- 1 Peter 5:4and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
- Revelation 21:14Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Commentaries on Luke 22:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me - The Codex Alexandrinus, with some other MSS., the later Syriac, and Origen, read in the first clause, , a covenant. I appoint unto you a Covenant, as my Father hath appointed unto me a kingdom: - Ye shall be ministers of the new covenant, as I am king in that spiritual kingdom to which it relates. This is a curious reading: but our Lord is probably to be understood as promising that they…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29And I appoint unto you a kingdom - He assures them here that they should “have” a kingdom - their expectations would be realized. They had continued with him; they had seen how “he” had lived, and to what trials he had been subjected; they had all along expected a kingdom, and he assures them that they should not be disappointed. As my Father - They had seen how God had appointed a kingdom to “him.” It was not with pomp, and splendor, and external…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. 29-30you may eat and drink at My table: See “The Messianic Banquet” Theme Note.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
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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
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