Luke 10:10-11

Context
10:10 But whenever¹ you enter a town² and the people³ do not welcome⁴ you, go into its streets⁵ and say, 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town⁶ that clings to our feet we wipe off⁷ against you.⁸ Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’⁹

[10:10] ¹tn Grk “whatever town you enter,” but this is more often expressed in English as “whenever you enter a town.”

[10:10] ²tn Or “city.”

[10:10] ³tn Grk “and they”; the referent (the people who live in the town) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10] ⁴sn More discussion takes place concerning rejection (the people do not welcome you), as these verses lead into the condemnation of certain towns for their rejection of God’s kingdom.

[10:10] ⁵tn The term πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to the “broad street,” so this refers to the main roads of the town.

[10:11] ⁶tn Or “city.”

[10:11] ⁷sn See Luke 9:5, where the verb is different but the meaning is the same. This was a sign of rejection.

[10:11] ⁸tn Here ὑμῖν (Jumin) has been translated as a dative of disadvantage.

[10:11] ⁹tn Or “has come near.” As in v. 9 (see above), the combination of ἐγγίζω (engizw) with the preposition ἐπί (epi) is decisive in showing that the sense is “has come” (see BDAG 270 s.v. ἐγγίζω 2, and W. R. Hutton, “The Kingdom of God Has Come,” ExpTim 64 [Dec 1952]: 89-91).