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Whoever doesn`t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
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A Shocking Symbolic Act
Commentators explain that shaking dust off one's feet was a powerful symbolic act. For a Jew, Gentile lands were considered impure. By performing this in a Jewish town, the disciples were declaring that those who rejected Jesus's message were now viewed as profane, outside God's covenant, and subject to judgment. It was a solemn act of disassociation, not a petty display of anger.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shake off the dust of your feet. The Jews taught uniformly that the dust of the Gentiles was impure and was to be shaken off. To shake off…
Shake off the dust (εκτιναξατε τον κονιορτον). Shake out, a rather violent gesture of disfavour. The Jews had violent prejudices a…
19th Century
Anglican
Shake off the dust of your feet — This act was a familiar symbol of indignation, as in the case of St. Paul at Antioch in Pisidia …
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Baptist
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I …
To settle into the house of a “worthy” (GK 545) person implies that the disciples were not to shop around for the most comfortable quarters. In thi…
16th Century
Protestant
And whoever will not receive you. This severe threat of punishment against those who despise the gospel was intended to encourage His disc…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And whosoever shall not receive you Into their houses, and refuse to entertain them and provide for them in a friend…
The gospel was not to be brought to the Gentiles until the Jews had refused it. This restraint on the apostles applied only to their first mission.…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, He had presented His doctrine; here, He appoints His ministers. They are described by their number, their power, and the listing of their na…
