Hechos 17:25

25 y las manos humanas no pueden servirlo, porque él no tiene ninguna necesidad. Él es quien da vida y aliento a todo y satisface cada necesidad.

Hechos 17:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:25

Neither is worshipped with men's hands
Or "served" with them; or "ministered unto" by them, as the Syriac version renders it: and the sense is, that men by worshipping God do not give anything to him, that can be of any use or service to him; he, being God all sufficient, stands in need of nothing; for external worship is not here intended by worshipping with men's hands, in distinction from, and opposition to, internal worship, or to the worship of God with the heart; but that whether it be with the one or with the other, or both, nothing is given to God, as adding any thing to his essential glory and happiness:

as though he needed anything;
for he does not, he is "El Shaddai", God all sufficient; nor can anything be given to him, he has not; or otherwise all perfection would not be in him: but that he cannot be indigent of anything, appears from hence,

seeing he giveth to all life and breath;
or "the breath of life", as the Ethiopic version renders it; this God breathed into man at first, and he became a living soul; and every animate creature, everyone that has life and breath, have them from God; he gives them to them, and continues them:

and all things;
that are enjoyed by them, and are necessary for their subsistence, and for the comfort of life, and for both their use and profit, and for their delight and pleasure; wherefore he that gives them all things, cannot want anything himself, nor receive anything at their hands. This clause is left out in the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions.

Hechos 17:25 In-Context

23 porque mientras caminaba observé la gran cantidad de lugares sagrados. Y uno de sus altares tenía la siguiente inscripción: “A un Dios Desconocido”. Este Dios, a quien ustedes rinden culto sin conocer, es de quien yo les hablo.

24 »Él es el Dios que hizo el mundo y todo lo que hay en él. Ya que es el Señor del cielo y de la tierra, no vive en templos hechos por hombres,

25 y las manos humanas no pueden servirlo, porque él no tiene ninguna necesidad. Él es quien da vida y aliento a todo y satisface cada necesidad.

26 De un solo hombre
creó todas las naciones de toda la tierra. De antemano decidió cuándo se levantarían y cuándo caerían, y determinó los límites de cada una.

27 »Su propósito era que las naciones buscaran a Dios y, quizá acercándose a tientas, lo encontraran; aunque él no está lejos de ninguno de nosotros.