But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
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Barnes' Notes
But they shook off the dust ... - See the notes on Mat 10:14. And came unto Iconium - This was the capital of Lycaonia. It is now called Konieh, and is the capital of Caramania. “Konieh extends to the…
Adam Clarke
They shook off the dust of their feet against them - This was a very significant rite; by it, they in effect said: Ye are worse than the heathen: even your very land is accursed for your opposition to…
The design of this story being to vindicate the apostles, especially Paul (as he doth himself at large, Rom. 11), from the reflections of the Jews upon him for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, it…
Cambridge Bible
shook off the dust of their feet against them This significant action, like that of the "shaking of the raiment" (Act 18:6), implied that those against whom it was done were henceforth left to go…
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