Acts 13:51-52

New English Translation

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.
4. Acts 13:52 sn The believers of Pisidian Antioch were not discouraged by the persecution, but instead were filled with joy.