Acts 2:35

2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool ¹  for your feet.”’ ² 

Acts 13:51

13:51 So after they shook ³  the dust off their feet ⁴  in protest against them, they went to Iconium. ⁵ 

Acts 7:33

7:33 But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ⁶ 

Acts 7:49

7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne,

and earth is the footstool for my feet.

What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,

or what is my resting place? ⁷ 

Acts 13:25

13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ⁸  he said repeatedly, ⁹  ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ ¹⁰ 

[2:35]  ¹ sn The metaphor make your enemies a footstool portrays the complete subjugation of the enemies.

[2:35]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 110:1, one of the most often-cited OT passages in the NT, pointing to the exaltation of Jesus.

[13:51]  ³ tn The participle ἐκτιναξάμενοι (ektinaxamenoi) is taken temporally. It could also be translated as a participle of attendant circumstance (“So they shook…and went”).

[13:51]  ⁴ 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.

[13:51]  ⁵ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 90 mi (145 km) east southeast of Pisidian Antioch. It was the easternmost city of Phrygia.

[7:33]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 3:5. The phrase holy ground points to the fact that God is not limited to a particular locale. The place where he is active in revealing himself is a holy place.

[7:49]  ⁷ sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.

[13:25]  ⁹ tn Or “task.”

[13:25]  ¹⁰ tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.

[13:25]  ¹¹ tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.