Luke 9:5

Luke 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
• New International Version (NIV)If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

Context of Luke 9:5

3“Take nothing for the road,” he told them, “no staff, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.” 6So they went out and traveled from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere. 7Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,

Luke 9:5 word by word

καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάσσετε εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whosoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• willδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
• notμήmē · notG3361
• youσύsu · youG4771
• when ye go outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• shake offἀποτινάσσωapotinassō · to shake offG660
• theκονιορτόςkoniortos · dustG2868
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a testimonyμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142
• againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 9:5

• Luke 9:48He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you — this one is great.”
• Luke 10:10When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
• Matthew 10:14If anyone does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.
• Mark 6:11If any place does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
• Mark 9:37“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent me.”
• Acts 13:51But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.
• Acts 18:6When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
• Luke 9:53But they did not welcome him, because he determined to journey to Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 5:13I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
• Luke 5:14Then he ordered him to tell no one: “But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them.”
• Matthew 10:18You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Commentaries on Luke 9:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-6Verses 1-6 See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14. See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5shake the dust off your feet: Using a symbol of rejection, they were to leave such a town to the judgment it deserved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-6(See on Mt 10:1-15). 1. power and authority--He both qualified and authorized them. (See on Mr 6:14-30).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 9

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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