Acts 17:24-31

24 1The God who made the world and everything in it, being 2Lord of heaven and earth, 3does not live in temples made by man,[a]
25 nor is he served by human hands, 4as though he needed anything, since he himself 5gives to all mankind 6life and breath and everything.
26 And 7he made from one man every nation of mankind to live 8on all the face of the earth, 9having determined allotted periods and 10the boundaries of their dwelling place,
27 11that they should seek God, in the hope that 12they might feel their way toward him and find him. 13Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
28 for 14"'In him we live and move and have our being';[b]as even some of 15your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'[c]
29 16Being then God's offspring, 17we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
30 18The times of ignorance 19God overlooked, but 20now he 21commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 because he has fixed 22a day on which 23he will judge the world 24in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and 25of this he has given assurance to all 26by raising him from the dead."

Cross References 26

  • 1. Isaiah 42:5; See Acts 14:15
  • 2. Matthew 11:25; [Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 115:16]
  • 3. See Acts 7:48
  • 4. Psalms 50:8-12; [1 Chronicles 29:14, 16; Job 22:2]
  • 5. 1 Timothy 6:17; James 1:5, 17
  • 6. Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22; Job 33:4; [Job 27:3; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Zechariah 12:1]; See ver. 28
  • 7. [Genesis 3:20; Malachi 2:10]
  • 8. Genesis 11:8; Luke 21:35
  • 9. [Job 12:23; Job 14:5]
  • 10. Deuteronomy 32:8; [Psalms 74:17]
  • 11. [Acts 15:17]
  • 12. [Job 23:3, 8, 9]
  • 13. [Deuteronomy 4:7; Psalms 145:18; Jeremiah 23:23, 24]; See Acts 14:17
  • 14. Job 12:10; Daniel 5:23; [Hebrews 2:11]
  • 15. [Titus 1:12]
  • 16. [Luke 3:38; Hebrews 12:9]
  • 17. Isa. 40:18, 19, 25; Isaiah 46:5; [Romans 1:23]
  • 18. Ephesians 4:18; 1 Peter 1:14; [ver. 23]
  • 19. [Romans 3:25]; See Acts 14:16
  • 20. [Mark 1:15; Titus 2:11, 12; 1 Peter 4:3]
  • 21. Mark 6:12
  • 22. Matthew 12:36; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Peter 2:9; 1 John 4:17; [Isaiah 2:12]
  • 23. 2 Timothy 4:8; See Acts 10:42
  • 24. Psalms 9:8; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; 1 Peter 2:23; [Romans 3:6]
  • 25. [John 16:10, 11; Romans 1:4]
  • 26. See Acts 2:24

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Greek made by hands
  • [b]. Probably from Epimenides of Crete
  • [c]. From Aratus's poem "Phainomena"
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