Luke 10:11

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

World English Bible · Public Domain

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1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Greek New Testament
1 first appearance in the Greek New Testament

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ἀπομασσόμεθα

apomássomai

G631

“to wipe off”

Verb, Present, Middle, Indicative, 1st person, Plural

Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
First appears here

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: middle voice from G575 and masso (to squeeze, knead, smear)

TDNT: None

1. to wipe off 2. to wipe off one's self, to wipe of for one's self

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

24: words
18: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Greek New Testament:

ἀπομασσόμεθα to wipe off G631

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

ἀπομασσόμεθα to wipe off G631

Shared distinctive vocabulary

κονιορτὸν dust G2868 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

τὸν the G3588 ×6
ὑμῶν you G5210 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 10:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Luke 10:9 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
Acts 13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
Deuteronomy 30:11–14 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
Matthew 10:14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
Mark 6:11 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
Acts 13:26 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
Acts 13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
Acts 13:46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;" that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
Hebrews 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Where the printed editions differ

2 variants

Places in this verse where the major printed Greek editions disagree on the wording in a way that affects the translation — a comparison of editions, not a manuscript-by-manuscript collation. The editions are the modern critical texts (Nestlé-Aland 28/27, SBL, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House) and the traditional texts behind the KJV (the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine/Majority text). It is not a claim about which reading is original.

Extra text

εἰς τοὺς πόδας

“to the feet”

In NA28NA27TynSBLWHTreg Not in TRByz

εἰς τοὺς πόδας (eis tous podas) 'to the feet' is only in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+Tyn+SBL+WH+Treg)
Extra text

ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς

“upon you”

In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTreg

ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς (eph᾽ humas) 'upon you' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)

Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.

Commentary

Notes on Luke 10:11 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Commentary source

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

10:11 See study note on 9:5.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Luk 10:11. Πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε, ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ) The messengers at first said ἤγγικεν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, κ.τ.λ., Luk 10:9; then to those who proved to be contumacious they used a more general mode of expression (omitting the words ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς), ἤγγικεν, κ.τ.λ.: however many have supplied the omitted words even in Luk 10:11.[93]

[93] BDLbcd Vulg. omit ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς in Luk 10:11. A, as Rec. Text, supports the words.—ED. and TRANSL.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Luke 9:5; Acts 33:51; Acts 18:6

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11. Even the very dust of your city] See on Mt 10:14; Mt 10:15.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(11) Be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.—There is something very solemnly impressive in the fact that this is the message to be uttered alike to the believing and the unbelieving. Now, as of old, the prophets of the Lord had to utter their proclamation, whether men would hear or whether they would forbear (Eze_2:7).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

11. Even the very dust] Act_13:49-51; Act_18:5-7.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us,.... The Syriac version adds, "to our feet"; and so in Beza's most ancient copy, and the Arabic and Persic versions read, "which cleaves to our feet"; which agrees with Mat 10:14.

we do wipe against you: for a testimony against them, that they had been with them, and were rejected by them; See Gill on Mat 10:14, Mar 6:11.

notwithstanding be ye sure of this; they might assure themselves of this, and which will be an aggravation of their guilt, and increase their punishment another day:

that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you; was at their very doors, since the ministers of it, of the Gospel dispensation, the harbingers of the Messiah, who were sent to publish his Gospel, to proclaim him as king, and de clare that his kingdom was at hand, had been with them, and they had despised them.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Ver. 11. That the kingdom of God] There is in unbelief an odious unthankfulness; such judge themselves unworthy of eternal life, Act 13:44; they are condemned already, Joh 3:18.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The kingdom of God is at hand - Though ye will not receive it.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

11. καὶ τὸν κονιορτόν. Act 13:49-51; Act 18:5-7.

πλήν. In late Greek πλὴν (in the sense of caeterum ‘only, nevertheless,’) is often followed immediately by a finite verb. This construction is rare and chiefly poetic in classical Greek.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

11.] ἀπομασσόμεθα ὑμῖν can hardly be with Wordsw., “we wipe off from ourselves on you:” the dat. pron. holds too slight and unemphatic a place for this, and is merely a dativus incommodi: ‘against you,’ as E. V. Cf. Act 13:51, where ἐπʼ αὐτούς represents the same, and is similarly rendered in E. V.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

11. Καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέτα ἡμῖν. “Even the dust that cleaveth to us.” “Not even the smallest thing of yours will we have.” Hobart claims κολλάω as a medical word (pp. 128, 129). In N.T. it is used only in the passive with reflexive force. It occurs seven times in Lk. (15:15; Act 5:13, Act 8:29, Act 9:26, Act 10:28, Act 17:34) and five times elsewhere (Mat 19:5; Rom 12:9; 1Co 6:16, 1Co 6:17; Rev 18:5), two of which are quotations from LXX, where it is frequent; once in the active (Jer 13:11). Neither in LXX (excepting Tobit 7:16 א) nor in N.T. does ἀπομάσσειν occur again: comp. ἐκμάσσειν (7:38, 44).

πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε ὅτι. “But, although you reject us, the fact remains that you must perceive, that,” etc. See on 6:24, 35. Note that there is no ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς (om. א B D L Ξ) after ἤγγικεν. The message of mercy has become a sentence of judgment. “The Kingdom has come nigh, but not on you, because you have put it from you.”

Lk alone of the Evangelists uses τοῦτο … (12:39; Act 24:14). Jn. has ὄτι after διὰ τοῦτο, but after τοῦτο has ἵνα.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

Marvin R. Vincent

Dust [κονιορτον] . From koniv, dust, and ornumi, to stir up. Strictly, dust that is raised by walking.

Cleaveth. See on Mt 19:5. Frequent in medical language of the uniting of wounds.

Wipe off [απομασσομεθα] . See on Luk 5:2. Only here in New Testament.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 24 words (18 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is apomássomai (“to wipe off”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word apomássomai carries the sense “to wipe off.” How does it shape the verse?
This verse holds 1 word here found nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. What might the rare word draw attention to?
The word “to wipe off” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Matthew 10:14 shares the word «dust» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“the” occurs 6× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Bengel's Gnomon read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 13 words in this verse.
“the” occurs 6× in this single verse.
18 distinct Greek lemmas span 24 words in this verse.