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

3He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area. Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere. 7Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying 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 9:48and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
• Luke 10:10But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,
• Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.
• Mark 6:11If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
• Mark 9:37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
• Acts 13:51So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.
• Acts 18:6When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
• Luke 9:53but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 5:13I also shook out my garment, and I said, “In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied, “So be it!” and they praised the lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
• Luke 5:14Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, “Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
• Matthew 10:18And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and 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