Acts 17
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Mars' hill.
blood
"blood" is not in the best manuscripts. R.V. omits.
For we
Found in the sritings of Aratus and Cleanthes.
offspring of God
(Greek - gevno = "race)." The reference is to the creation-work of God in which He made man (i.e. mankind, the race in Adam) in his own likeness, Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27 thus rebuking the thought that "the Godhead is like unto gold," etc. The word "Father" is not used, not does the passage affirm anything concerning fatherhood or sonship, which are relationships based on faith, and the new birth.
Cf John 1:12 John 1:13 ; Galatians 3:26 ; 4:1-7 ; John 5:1 .
Repent
Repentance is the trans. of a (Greek - gevno ("metanoia-metanoeo") meaning "to have another mind," "to change the mind," and is used in the N).T. to indicate a change of mind in respect of sin, of God, and of self. This change of mind may, especially in the case of Christians who have fallen into sin, be preceded by sorrow 2 Corinthians 7:8-11 but sorrow for sin, though it may "work" repentance, is not repentance. The son in Matthew 21:28 Matthew 21:29 illustrates true repentance.
Saving faith: (See Scofield "Hebrews 11:39") includes and implies that change of mind which is called repentance.
world
"oikoumene" = inhabited earth. (See Scofield "Luke 2:1") .