Acts 2:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 2:35

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Thy foes

General references

Psalm 109:27

Mark 12:11

Hebrews 10:13

Bible References

Thy foes

“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”

When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and told the commanders of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come up close, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and put their feet on the necks [of the five kings].

‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.

Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;
Your right hand will reach those who hate you.

The nomads of the desert will bow before him,
And his enemies will lick the dust.

“Kings will be your attendants,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And lick the dust of your feet;
And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord;
For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

As their deeds deserve, so He will repay:
Wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies;
To the islands and coastlands He will repay.

“The sons of those who oppressed you will come bowing down to you [in submission],
And all those who despised you and treated you disrespectfully will bow down at the soles of your feet,
And they will call you the City of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

“For the day of vengeance [against ungodliness] was in My heart,
And My year of redemption [of those who put their trust in Me—the year of My redeemed] has come.

[The king ended by saying,] ‘But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them in my presence.’”

He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

The [wonderful] grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Then I saw the beast and the kings and political leaders of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against Him who is mounted on the [white] horse and against His army.

And then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss (the bottomless pit) and a great chain was in his hand.

General references

And let them know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.

This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous and wonderful in our eyes’?”

waiting from that time onward until his enemies are made a footstool for His feet.