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

28“You are the ones who have remained with Me in My times of testing. 29And just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, so I grant to you that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you shall sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31“Simon, Simon! Indeed, satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And 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 never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 12:37“Happy are those slaves whose master finds them alert when he comes. Amen, I tell you, he will prepare himself and have them recline at table, and will come and serve them.
• Luke 14:15Now hearing this, one of those dining with Yeshua said to Him, “Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.”
• 2 Samuel 9:9Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his household I have given to your master’s son.
• 2 Samuel 19:28However, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. So do what is good in your eyes.
• Matthew 8:11Moreover, I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and they will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• Revelation 19:9Then the angel tells me, “Write: How fortunate are those who have been invited to the wedding banquet of the Lamb!” He also tells me, “These are the true words of God.”
• Psalms 49:14Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
• Matthew 19:28And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in the new world, you who have followed Me shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Corinthians 6:2Don’t you know that the kedoshim will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to judge trivial matters?
• Revelation 2:26To the one who overcomes and guards My deeds until the end, ‘I will give him authority over the nations
• Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I myself overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were 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
• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
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• Reckon
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ
• Judging Judgment
• Judgment, Last

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