Luke 20:43

Luke 20:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• New International Version (NIV)until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ’
• New King James Version (NKJV)Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’
• New Living Translation (NLT)until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’

Context of Luke 20:43

41But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son? 42For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."' 44David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?" 45And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

Luke 20:43 word by word

ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Tillἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• I makeτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• thineσύsu · youG4771
• enemiesἐχθρόςechthros · enemyG2190
• footstoolὑποπόδιονhupopodion · footstoolG5286
• ·πούςpous · footG4228

Cross-references for Luke 20:43

• Luke 19:27But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 21:8Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you.
• Psalms 72:9May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!
• Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
• Revelation 19:14And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

Commentaries on Luke 20:43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43Thy footstool - Literally, the footstool of thy feet. They shall not only be so far humbled that the feet may be set on them; but they shall be actually subjected, and put completely under that Christ whom they now despise, and are about to crucify.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-44Verses 40-44 See the notes at Matthew 22:41-46.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-47Verses 39-47 The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-43Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1. By quoting this verse, Jesus shows that the Messiah (God's chosen leader) is more than a descendant of David. The Messiah is also David’s Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4741. said, &c.--"What think ye of Christ [the promised and expected Messiah]? Whose son is He [to be]? They say unto Him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit [by the Holy Ghost, Mr 12:36] call Him Lord?" (Mt 22:42, 43). The difficulty can only be solved by the higher and lower--the divine and human natures of our Lord (Mt 1:23). Mark the testimony here given to the inspiration of the Old Testament (compare Lu 24:44).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:43

• Jesus, the Christ
• Quotations and Allusions
• Stool

In the dictionaries

• Footstool
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Luke 20

• 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