Acts 17:28 KJV

Acts · chapter 17 · verse 28

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.Acts 17:28 · King James Version

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Acts 17:28 in context

26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

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Commentary

We have here St. Paul's sermon at Athens. Divers sermons we have had, which the apostles preached to the Jews, or such Gentiles as had an acquaintance with and veneration for the Old Testament, and were worshippers of the true and living God;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-31

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Key words (Strong's)

certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
poetspoiētēsa maker, a producer, author, a doer, performer, one who obeys or fulfils the law, a poetG4163 →
livezaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
movekineōto cause to goG2795 →
saidereōto utter, speak, sayG2046 →

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