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Luke 20:43

43until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ’

Luke 20:43 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
English Standard Version (ESV)until I make your enemies your footstool."'
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

41Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ’ 44David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” 45While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

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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 those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalms 21:8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
Psalms 72:9May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.
Psalms 109:4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
Revelation 19:14The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

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

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