Bible Strands
Luke 22:30
so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the twelve disciples during the Last Supper, immediately after declaring He is bestowing a kingdom on them and before warning Peter that Satan has requested to sift them.
The words — ἵνα (ina) functions as a purpose conjunction meaning “so that,” linking the kingdom grant to its intended outcome. τραπέζης (trapezēs) literally identifies the “table” at which the promised messianic meal will be held.
The thread — The shared banquet motif parallels Matthew 8:11, while the authority to judge the twelve tribes directly corresponds to Matthew 19:28.
Why it lands — The text states that the disciples will eat, drink, and judge in the coming kingdom, requiring readers to accept their concrete, appointed role in God’s reign rather than treating the promise as abstract speculation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Cross-references
- Matthew 19:28 Jesus 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.
- Matthew 8:11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Revelation 2:26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
- Luke 14:15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Revelation 19:9 Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- 2 Samuel 9:9 Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
- Psalms 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.