Luke 9:5

5 And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

Luke 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:5

And whosoever will not receive you
Unto their houses:

when ye go out of the city;
where lodging and entertainment are refused you;

shake off the very dust from your feet, for a testimony against them;
(See Gill on Matthew 10:14) (See Gill on Mark 6:11)

Luke 9:5 In-Context

3 And he said to them, "Take along nothing for the journey--neither a staff, nor a traveler's bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece.
4 And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there.
5 And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
6 So they departed [and] went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John has been raised from the dead,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("depart") which is understood as temporal
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.