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Selected Verse: Matthew 10:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 10:14 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] whosoever [3739] shall [1209] not [3362] receive [1209] you [5209], nor [3366] hear [191] your [5216] words [3056], when ye depart out [1831] of that [1565] house [3614] or [2228] city [4172], shake off [1621] the dust [2868] of your [5216] feet [4228]. |
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King James |
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city--for possibly a whole town might not furnish one "worthy."
shake off the dust of your feet--"for a testimony against them," as Mark and Luke add (Mar 6:11; Luk 10:11). By this symbolical action they vividly shook themselves from all connection with such, and all responsibility for the guilt of rejecting them and their message. Such symbolical actions were common in ancient times, even among others than the Jews, as strikingly appears in Pilate (Mat 27:24). And even to this day it prevails in the East. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Shake off (ἐκτινάξατε)
"The very dust of a heathen country was unclean, and it defiled by contact. It was regarded like a grave, or like the putrescence of death. If a spot of heathen dust had touched an offering, it must at once be burnt. More than that, if by mischance any heathen dust had been brought into Palestine, it did not and could not mingle with that of 'the land,' but remained to the end what it had been - unclean, defiled and defiling everything to which it adhered." The apostles, therefore, were not only to leave the house or city which should refuse to receive them, "but it was to be considered and treated as if it were heathen, just as in the similar case mentioned in Mat 18:17. All contact with such must be avoided, all trace of it shaken off" (Edersheim, "Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ"). The symbolic act indicated that the apostles and their Lord regarded them not only as unclean, but as entirely responsible for their uncleanness. See Act 18:6. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shake off the dust from your feet - The Jews thought the land of Israel so peculiarly holy, that when they came home from any heathen country, they stopped at the borders and shook or wiped off the dust of it from their feet, that the holy land might not be polluted with it. Therefore the action here enjoined was a lively intimation, that those Jews who had rejected the Gospel were holy no longer, but were on a level with heathens and idolaters. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shake off the dust of your feet - The Jews considered themselves defiled by the dust of a heathen country, when was represented by the prophets as a polluted laud, Amo 7:17, when compared with the land of Israel, which was considered as a holy land, Eze 45:1; therefore, to shake the dust of any city of Israel from off one's clothes or feet was an emblematical action, signifying a renunciation of all farther connection with them, and placing them on a level with the cities of the Heathen. See Amo 9:7. |
24 When [1161] Pilate [4091] saw [1492] that [3754] he could prevail [5623] nothing [3762], but [235] that rather [3123] a tumult [2351] was made [1096], he took [2983] water [5204], and washed [633] his hands [5495] before [561] the multitude [3793], saying [3004], I am [1510] innocent [121] of [575] the blood [129] of this [5127] just person [1342]: see [3700] ye [5210] to it.
11 Even [2532] the very dust [2868] of [1537] your [5216] city [4172], which [3588] cleaveth [2853] on us [2254], we do wipe off [631] against you [5213]: notwithstanding [4133] be ye sure [1097] of this [5124], that [3754] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] is come nigh [1448] unto [1909] you [5209].
11 And [2532] whosoever [3745] [302] shall [1209] not [3361] receive [1209] you [5209], nor [3366] hear [191] you [5216], when ye depart [1607] thence [1564], shake off [1621] the dust [5522] under [5270] your [5216] feet [4228] for [1519] a testimony [3142] against them [846]. Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], It shall be [2071] more tolerable [414] for Sodom [4670] and [2228] Gomorrha [1116] in [1722] the day [2250] of judgment [2920], than [2228] for that [1565] city [4172].
6 And [1161] when they opposed [498] themselves [846], and [2532] blasphemed [987], he shook [1621] his raiment [2440], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Your [5216] blood [129] be upon [1909] your [5216] own heads [2776]; I [1473] am clean [2513]: from [575] henceforth [3568] I will go [4198] unto [1519] the Gentiles [1484].
17 And [1161] if [1437] he shall neglect to hear [3878] them [846], tell [2036] it unto the church [1577]: but [1161] [2532] if [1437] he neglect to hear [3878] the church [1577], let him be [2077] unto thee [4671] as [5618] an heathen man [1482] and [2532] a publican [5057].
7 Are ye not as children [01121] of the Ethiopians [03569] unto me, O children [01121] of Israel [03478]? saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. Have not I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]? and the Philistines [06430] from Caphtor [03731], and the Syrians [0758] from Kir [07024]?
1 Moreover, when ye shall divide [05307] by lot the land [0776] for inheritance [05159], ye shall offer [07311] an oblation [08641] unto the LORD [03068], an holy portion [06944] of the land [0776]: the length [0753] shall be the length [0753] of five [02568] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] reeds, and the breadth [07341] shall be ten [06235] thousand [0505]. This shall be holy [06944] in all the borders [01366] thereof round about [05439].
17 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Thy wife [0802] shall be an harlot [02181] in the city [05892], and thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], and thy land [0127] shall be divided [02505] by line [02256]; and thou shalt die [04191] in [05921] a polluted [02931] land [0127]: and Israel [03478] shall surely [01540] go into captivity [01540] forth of his land [0127].