Acts 17:28-29

28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a] As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 30:20; Job 12:10; Daniel 5:23
  • 2. Isaiah 40:18-20; Romans 1:23

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  • [b]. From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
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