Luke 9:5

5 And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness 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 nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; nor to have two body-coats apiece.
4 And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide and thence go forth.
5 And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.
6 And going forth they passed through the villages, announcing the glad tidings and healing everywhere.
7 And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done [by him], and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among [the] dead,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Aorist tense: 'have it done.'
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