Acts 17:29
“Since we are his family we shouldn't think that God is like gold, or silver, or stone, shaped by human artistry and thinking.
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28In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’”
30God disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent.
Cross References
Exodus 32:4He took what they gave him and using a molding tool cast an idol in the shape of a bull calf. They shouted out, “Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of the land of Egypt.”
Psalms 106:20They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!
Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters he holds in the palm of his hand? Who has marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has worked out the amount of dust of the earth? Who has weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Isaiah 44:9All those who make idols are stupid; these things they love so much don't bring them any benefit. Those people who believe in idols can't see this, and they don't know anything, making them look foolish.
Jeremiah 10:4They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
Romans 1:20Ever since the creation of the world, the invisible aspects of God—his eternal power and divinity—are clearly visible in what he has made. Such people have no excuse,
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32
Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →