Acts 17:25

Nor is Hashem served by human hands, as if Hashem were in need of something, since He gives to all Chayyim and breath and everything. + 17:25 Ps 50:10-12; Isa 42:5

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

In Context

24Hashem, the One having made HaOlam and all the things in it, this One being Adon HaShomayim vaHaAretz, does not dwell in temples made by human hands. + 17:24 Isa 42:5; Dt 10:14; Isa 66:1; 1Kgs 8:27

26And Hashem made from one ancestor every nation of anashim dwelling pnei kol haAretz. And Hashem has set the zmanim and the fixed boundaries of their habitations, + 17:26 Dt 32:8; Job 12:23

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, El Elohei HaRuchot L'Chol Basar, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be angry with Kol HaEdah?

Job 12:10In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, 1 and the ruach of kol basar ish. 1

Job 27:3All the while my neshamah is in me, 1 and the ruach of Eloah is in my nostrils, 1

Job 34:14If He should so determine, 1 if He gather unto Himself His Ruach and His Neshamah, 1

Psalms 16:2I said unto Hashem, Thou art Adonoi of me; 1 besides Thee I have no good. 1

Psalms 104:27These wait all upon Thee; 1 that Thou mayest give them their ochel (food) in due season. 1

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 →

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