New Living Translation
Luke 22:29
29And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right
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 King James Version (NKJV)And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me,
Context of Luke 22:29
27Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. 28“You have stayed with me in my time of trial. And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right 30to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like 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“So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.
- Luke 19:17“‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’
- Matthew 24:47I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.
- Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
- 2 Corinthians 1:7We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.
- 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.
- James 2:5Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
- 1 Peter 5:4And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor.
- Revelation 21:14The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written 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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