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A Gesture of Separation
Commentators explain that shaking dust from their feet was a symbolic act Jesus commanded his followers to perform. It was a dramatic gesture signifying a complete break in fellowship and a protest against those who rejected the gospel. The act declared that the missionaries would have no further association with them, viewing the very soil of that place as defiled by their unbelief.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 13:51
18th Century
Theologian
But they shook off the dust, etc. (See Barnes on Matthew 10:14).
And came into Iconium. This was the capital of Lycaonia. I…
AT Robertson
On Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them (Hο δε εκτιναξαμενο τον κονιορτον των ποδων επ' αυτους). First aorist middl…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 13:51
19th Century
Bishop
They shook off the dust of their feet against them.—The act was one of literal obedience to our Lord’s commands (see Note on Matthew 10:14…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 13:51
Having been expelled from Pisidian Antioch, Paul and Barnabas “shook the dust from their feet in protest against them”—a Jewish gesture of scorn an…
John Calvin
On Acts 13:51
16th Century
Theologian
When they had shaken off the dust of their feet. We may also gather, even by the commandment of Christ (Matthew 10:14; [Refere…
John Gill
On Acts 13:51
17th Century
Pastor
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them ,
&c.] As Christ directed his apostles to do; (See Gill o…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 13:42–52
17th Century
Minister
The Jews opposed the doctrine the apostles preached; and when they could find no objection, they blasphemed Christ and his gospel. Commonly, those …