Dzieje Apostolskie 7:33

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Pan zaś powiedział do niego: Zdejmij obuwie ze swoich nóg, bo miejsce, na którym stoisz, jest ziemią świętą.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Potym mu Pan rzekł: Zzuj trzewiki z nóg twoich, bo miejsce, na którym stoisz, jest ziemia święta.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
I rzekł mu Pan: Zzuj obuwie z nóg twoich; bo miejsce, na którem stoisz, jest ziemia święta.

Biblia Przekład Toruński
33 I Pan powiedział do niego: Rozwiąż rzemienie sandała ze swoich stóp, bo miejsce na którym stoisz, jest ziemią świętą.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Zaś Pan mu powiedział: Odwiąż obuwie z twoich nóg, bo miejsce na którym stanąłeś jest ziemią świętą.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
I rzekł mu Pan: Zzuj obuwie z nóg twoich; bo miejsce, na którem stoisz, jest ziemia święta.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Wtedy Pan powiedział do niego: Zdejmij z nóg obuwie, bo miejsce, na którym stoisz, jest ziemią świętą.

Biblia Warszawska
Pan zaś rzekł do niego: Zzuj obuwie z nóg swoich, bo miejsce, na którym stoisz, to ziemia święta.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Put: Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2 Peter 1:18

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord to him,.... To Moses, who through curiosity had made too near an approach:

put off thy shoes from thy feet; in token of humility, obedience, and reverence:

for the place where thou standest is holy ground; not really, but relatively, on account of the divine presence in it, and only so long as that continued.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord ... - In Exodus 3:0 this is introduced in a different order, as being spoken “before” God said “I am the God,” etc.

Put off thy shoes ... - Exodus 3:5. To put off the shoes; or sandals, was an act of reverence. The ancients were especially not permitted to enter a temple or holy place with their shoes on. Indeed, it was customary for the Jews to remove their shoes whenever they entered any house as a mere matter of civility. Compare the notes on John 13:5. See Joshua 5:15. “The same custom, growing out of the same feeling,” says Prof. Hackett (Illustrations of Scripture, pp. 74, 75), “is observed among the Eastern nations at the present day. The Arabs and Turks never enter the mosques without putting off their shoes. They exact a compliance with this rule from those of a different faith who visit these sacred places. Though, until a recent period, the Muslims excluded Christians entirely from the mosques, they now permit foreigners to enter some of them, provided they leave their shoes at the door, or exchange them for others which have not been defiled by common use.

“A Samaritan from Nablus, who conducted Mr. Robinson and Mr. Smith to the summit of Gerizim, when he came within a certain distance of the spot, took off his shoes, saying it was unlawful for his people to tread with shoes upon this ground, it being holy.”

Is holy ground - Is rendered sacred by the symbol of the divine presence. We should enter the sanctuary, the place set apart for divine worship, not only with reverence in our hearts, but with every “external” indication of veneration. Solemn awe and deep seriousness become the place set apart to the service of God. Compare Ecclesiastes 5:1.