Acts 17:28 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 17:28

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

KJV

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ASV

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

WEB

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

YLT

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

DBT

for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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24 verses on the floor

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Psalms 36:9
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Luke 20:38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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(Probably during his quiet retreat at Tarsus. Ac 9:30, revolving his special vocation to the Gentiles he gave himself to the study of so much Greek literature as might be turned to Christian account in his future work. Hence this and his other quotations from the Greek poets, 1Co 15:33;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

As certain also of your own poets have said - Aratus, whose words these are, was an Athenian, who lived almost three hundred years before this time. They are likewise to be found, with the alteration of one letter only, in the hymn of Cleanthes to Jupiter or the supreme being, one of the purest and finest pieces of natural religion in the whole world of Pagan antiquity.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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ACT 17:28HEB 1:3 COL 1:15-17
ACT 17:28PSA 36:9 JHN 8:12
ACT 17:28COL 1:17 HEB 1:3
ACT 17:28COL 1:17 1CO 8:6
ACT 17:28HEB 1:3 REV 4:11
ACT 17:28PSA 36:9 JHN 4:14
ACT 17:28PSA 36:9 1JN 1:7
ACT 17:28HEB 1:3 JHN 14:9-10

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