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Acts 17:29 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 29
Forasmuch 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.Acts 17:29 · King James Version
Acts 17:29 in context
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:
31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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Key words (Strong's)
- offspringgenoskindred, offspring, family, stock, tribe, nationG1085 →
- Godheadtheiosa general name of deities or divinities as used by the Greeks, spoken of the only and…G2304 →
- silverargyrossilver, , things made of silver, vessels, images of godsG696 →
- gravencharagmaa stamp, an imprinted mark, of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the…G5480 →
- oughtopheilōto owe, to owe money, be in debt for, that which is due, the debt, metaph. the goodwill…G3784 →
- thinknomizōto hold by custom or usage, own as a custom or usage, to follow a custom or usage, it is…G3543 →
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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