Acts 17:28

For in him we live, and are moved, and are; as also one of your sages hath said, From him is our descent.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27that they should seek Aloha and inquire, and from his creatures find himself, because he is not far from every one of us.

29Men, therefore, whose descent is from Aloha, should not think that gold or silver or stone sculptured by the art and skill of man is like the Divinity.

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Cross References

Luke 20:38But he was not the God of the dead, but of the living: for they all live unto him.

John 11:25Jeshu saith to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; and (he) who believeth in me, although he will die, shall live.

Titus 1:12One of them, a prophet of their own, hath said, The sons of Kreta are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy bellies.

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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