Hebrews 10:13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.

◄ Hebrews 10:13 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.

English Standard Version
waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

New American Standard Bible
waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.

King James Bible
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is now waiting until His enemies are made His footstool.

International Standard Version
Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet.

American Standard Version
henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
From henceforth expecting, until his enemies be made his footstool.

Darby Bible Translation
waiting from henceforth until his enemies be set for the footstool of his feet.

Young's Literal Translation
as to the rest, expecting till He may place his enemies as his footstool,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:11-18 Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be called a new covenant. Let none suppose that human inventions can avail those who put them in the place of the sacrifice of the Son of God. What then remains, but that we seek an interest in this Sacrifice by faith; and the seal of it to our souls, by the sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience? So that by the law being written in our hearts, we may know that we are justified, and that God will no more remember our sins.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. expecting—"waiting." Awaiting the execution of His Father's will, that all His foes should be subjected to Him. The Son waits till the Father shall "send Him forth to triumph over all His foes." He is now sitting at rest (Heb 10:12), invisibly reigning, and having His foes virtually, by right of His death, subject to Him. His present sitting on the unseen throne is a necessary preliminary to His coming forth to subject His foes openly. He shall then come forth to a visibly manifested kingdom and conquest over His foes. Thus He fulfils Ps 110:1. This agrees with 1Co 15:23-28. He is, by His Spirit and His providence, now subjecting His foes to Him in part (Ps 110:1-7). The subjection of His foes fully shall be at His second advent, and from that time to the general judgment (Re 19:1-20:15); then comes the subjection of Himself as Head of the Church to the Father (the mediatorial economy ceasing when its end shall have been accomplished), that God may be all in all. Eastern conquerors used to tread on the necks of the vanquished, as Joshua did to the five kings. So Christ's total and absolute conquest at His coming is symbolized.

be made his footstool—literally, "be placed (rendered) footstool of His feet."

his enemies—Satan and Death, whose strength consists in "sin"; this being taken away (Heb 10:12), the power of the foes is taken away, and their destruction necessarily follows.