Acts 14:17

Acts 14:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

Context of Acts 14:17

15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them. 16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways, yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.” 18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them. 19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

Acts 14:17 word by word

καίτοι οὐκ ἀμάρτυρον αὐτὸν ἀφῆκεν ἀγαθουργῶν, οὐρανόθεν ὑμῖν ὑετοὺς διδοὺς καὶ καιροὺς καρποφόρους, ἐμπιπλῶν τροφῆς καὶ εὐφροσύνης τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neverthelessκαίτοιγεkaitoige · and yet/althoughG2544
• he leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• notοὐou · noG3756
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• without witnessἀμάρτυροςamarturos · without witnessG267
• in that he did goodἀγαθοποιέωagathopoieō · to do goodG15
• and gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• rainὑετόςhuetos · rainG5205
• from heavenοὐρανόθενouranothen · from heavenG3771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• fruitfulκαρποφόροςkarpophoros · fruitbearingG2593
• fillingἐμπίμπλημιempiplēmi emplēthō · to fill upG1705
• heartsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• with foodτροφήtrophē · foodG5160
• gladnessεὐφροσύνηeuphrosunē · joyG2167
• ·καιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540

Cross-references for Acts 14:17

• Acts 17:27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
• Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.
• Romans 1:19because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
• Psalms 36:5O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!
• Psalms 104:24How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.
• Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
• Leviticus 26:4I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.
• Deuteronomy 11:14then he promises, “I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
• Deuteronomy 28:12The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.
• 1 Kings 18:1Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
• Job 5:10he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;
• Job 37:6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’
• Job 38:26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,
• Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

Commentaries on Acts 14:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17He left not himself without witness - Though he gave the Gentiles no revelation of his will, yet he continued to govern them by his gracious providence; doing them good in general; giving then rain to fertilize their grounds, and fruitful seasons as the result; so that grass grew for the cattle and corn for the service of man. Filling our hearts with food - Giving as much food as could reasonably be wished, so that gladness, or general happiness, was the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Nevertheless - Though he gave them no revelation. He left not himself without witness - He gave demonstration of his existence and of his moral character. In that he did good - By doing good. The manner in which he did it, Paul immediately specifies. Idols did not do good; they conferred no favors, and were, therefore, unworthy of confidence. And gave us rain from heaven - Rain from above - from the clouds, Mark 8:11; Luke 9:54; Luke 17:29; Luke 21:11…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from doing sacrifice to him, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18The apostles opposed the people's worship of idols and their attempt to offer sacrifices to them. They directed the people's worship to the living God. The apostles were representatives of God as they shared the good news of the Christian message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. when ... Barnabas and Paul heard--Barnabas is put first here, apparently as having been styled the "Jupiter" of the company. they rent their clothes and ran in--rather (according to the true reading), "ran forth." among the people, crying out ... Sirs, why do ye these things?--This was something more than that abhorrence of idolatry which took possession of the Jews as a nation from the time of the Babylonish captivity: it was that delicate…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings