Acts 2:36

"until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’"

Key Reflection

This phrase signifies that Jesus will ultimately triumph over his adversaries, subduing them completely to his authority. It reflects both the power and ultimate victory of Christ over sin, death, and Satan, ensuring that all enemies are brought under his dominion as he sits at God's right hand.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 36. Therefore let all, etc. "Convinced by the prophecies, by our testimony, and by the remarkable scene exhibited on the day of Pentecost, let all be convinced that the true Messiah has come, and has been exalted to heaven." House of Israel. The word house often means family; let all the family of Israel, i.e. all the nation of the Jews, know this. Know assuredly. Be assured, or know without any hesitation, or possibility of mistake. This is the sum of his argument, or his discourse, he had established the points which he purposed to prove; and he now applies it to his hearers. God hath made. God hath appointed, or constituted. See Ac 5:31. That same Jesus.

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