King James Version
Acts 2:35 in the King James Version says “Until I make thy foes thy footstool .” — study this verse from Acts chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Until I make thy foes thy footstool .”
Acts 2:35 · KJV
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Until I make thy foes thy footstool .
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Until”
G2193a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“foes”
G2190hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially satan)
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