51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

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51 (A)But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

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51 So after they shook[a] the dust off their feet[b] in protest against them, they went to Iconium.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:51 tn The participle ἐκτιναξάμενοι (ektinaxamenoi) is taken temporally. It could also be translated as a participle of attendant circumstance (“So they shook…and went”).
  2. Acts 13:51 sn Shaking the dust off their feet was a symbolic gesture commanded by Jesus to his disciples, Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5. It shows a group of people as culpable before God.
  3. Acts 13:51 sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 90 mi (145 km) east southeast of Pisidian Antioch.