Acts 2 · Verse 35

Acts 2:35

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:35, King James Version

Acts 2:35 in other translations

BSBuntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
WEBuntil I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
ASVTill I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
YLTtill I make thy foes thy footstool;
DARBYuntil I have put thine enemies to be the footstool of thy feet.
BBETill I put all those who are against you under your feet.
WebsterUntil I make thy foes thy footstool.

What does Acts 2:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 2:29-36

29-36. David ... is ... dead and buried, &c.--Peter, full of the Holy Ghost, sees in this sixteenth Psalm, one Holy Man, whose life of high devotedness and lofty spirituality is crowned with the assurance, that though He taste of death, He shall rise again without seeing corruption, and be admitted to the bliss of God's immediate presence. Now as this was palpably untrue of David, it could be meant only of One…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool - It was usual with conquerors to put their feet on the necks of vanquished leaders, as emblematical of the state of subjection to which they were reduced, and the total extinction of their power. By quoting these words, Peter shows the Jews, who continued enemies to Christ, that their discomfiture and ruin must necessarily take place, their own king and prophet having predicted this in connection with the other things which had already been so literally and circumstantially fulfilled. This conclusion had the desired effect, when pressed home with the strong application in the following verse.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 2:22-36

From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before. His death is considered as God's act; and of wonderful grace and wisdom. Thus Divine justice must be satisfied, God and man brought together again, and Christ himself glorified, according to an eternal counsel, which could…

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Acts 2:35 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193
ἂνanwhenG302
θῶthōI may placeG5087
τοὺςtoustheG3588
ἐχθρούςechthrousenemiesG2190
σουsouof YouG4771
ὑποπόδιονhupopodiona footstoolG5286
τῶνtōnof theG3588
ποδῶνpodōnfeetG4228
σου.souof You.’G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 2:35

  • Romans 16:20

    And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

  • Revelation 19:19-20:3

    And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. …

  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 59:18

    According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

  • Revelation 20:8-15

    And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. …

  • Psalms 18:40-42

    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

  • Psalms 72:9

    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

  • Isaiah 63:4-6

    For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

  • Luke 20:16-18

    He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • Joshua 10:24-25

    And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy foes.
Ge 3:15; Jos 10:24,25; Ps 2:8-12; 18:40-42; 21:8-12; 72:9; Isa 49:23
Isa 59:18; 60:14; 63:4-6; Lu 19:27; 20:16-18; Ro 16:20; Re 19:19-21
Re 20:1-3,8-15

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Context

  • Acts 2:34

    For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

  • Acts 2:35

    Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

  • Acts 2:36

    Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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Acts 2:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hasta que ponga á tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		jusqu’à ce que j’aie mis tes ennemis pour marchepied de tes pieds ».
German
Elberfelder 1871		bis ich deine Feinde lege zum Schemel deiner Füße".
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.