Acts

Acts 17:28–29

28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’e As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’f 29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Footnotes

  • e 17:28 This is probably a quote from the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.
  • f 17:28 This is probably a quote from the poem “Phainomena” by the Cilician philosopher Aratus.

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Acts 17:28

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ForγὰρgarConjunctionG1063 for
inἘνEnPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
HimαὐτῷautōPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
we liveζῶμενzōmenVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralG2198 I live
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
moveκινούμεθαkinoumethaVerb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person PluralG2795 I move, stir, excite
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
have our beingἐσμένesmenVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralG1510 I am, exist
AsὡςhōsAdverbG5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
someτινεςtinesInterrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralG5100 any one, some one
of yourὑμᾶςhymasPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralG4771 you
poetsποιητῶνpoiētōnNoun - Genitive Masculine PluralG4163 a doer, performer, poet
have saidεἰρήκασινeirēkasinVerb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG2046 I say, speak
We areἐσμένesmenVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralG1510 I am, exist
offspringγένοςgenosNoun - Nominative Neuter SingularG1085 offspring, family, race, kind

Acts 17:29

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ThereforeοὖνounConjunctionG3767 therefore, then
beingὑπάρχοντεςhyparchontesVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralG5225 I am, exist, am in possession
offspringγένοςgenosNoun - Nominative Neuter SingularG1085 offspring, family, race, kind
of GodΘεοῦTheouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
we shouldὀφείλομενopheilomenVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralG3784 I owe, ought
notοὐκoukAdverbG3756 no, not
thinkνομίζεινnomizeinVerb - Present Infinitive ActiveG3543 I think, suppose
that theτὸtoArticle - Accusative Neuter SingularG3588 the
Divine BeingΘεῖονTheionAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularG2304 divine
isεἶναιeinaiVerb - Present Infinitive ActiveG1510 I am, exist
likeὅμοιονhomoionAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularG3664 like, similar to
goldχρυσῷchrysōNoun - Dative Masculine SingularG5557 anything made of gold
orἢēConjunctionG2228 or, than
silverἀργύρῳargyrōNoun - Dative Masculine SingularG696 silver as a metal
orἢēConjunctionG2228 or, than
stoneλίθῳlithōNoun - Dative Masculine SingularG3037 a stone
an image formedχαράγματιcharagmatiNoun - Dative Neuter SingularG5480 sculpture, a stamp, sign
by man’sἀνθρώπουanthrōpouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG444 a man, one of the human race
skillτέχνηςtechnēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG5078 art, skill, trade
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
imaginationἐνθυμήσεωςenthymēseōsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1761 inward thought, reflection, thoughts

Cross-references

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Acts 17:28 Job 12:10 · Colossians 1:17 · Hebrews 1:3 · Psalm 36:9 · Luke 20:38 · John 5:26 · John 11:25 · Psalm 66:9 · Hebrews 12:9 · 1 Samuel 25:29 · Daniel 5:23

Acts 17:29 Isaiah 40:25 · Exodus 20:4 · Isaiah 46:5–6 · Psalm 115:4–8 · Habakkuk 2:19–20 · Jeremiah 10:4–10 · Romans 1:20–23 · Psalm 106:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.