Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for "'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Context of Acts 17:28

26From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

Acts 17:28 word by word

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν, ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν· τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• we liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• moveκινέωkineō · to moveG2795
• have our beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• ofκατάkata · according toG2596
• your ownσύsu · youG4771
• poetsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• poetsποιητήςpoiētēs · doerG4163
• have saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• his offspringγένοςgenos · family: descendantG1085

Cross-references for Acts 17:28

• 1 Samuel 25:29Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
• Job 12:10In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
• Psalms 36:9For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
• Psalms 66:9he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.
• Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
• John 5:26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
• Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
• Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
• Luke 3:38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
• Hebrews 12:9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

Commentaries on Acts 17:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28For in him we live, and move, and have our being - He is the very source of our existence: the principle of life comes from him: the principle of motion, also, comes from him; one of the most difficult things in nature to be properly apprehended; and a strong proof of the continual presence and energy of the Deity. And have our being - , And we are: we live in him, move in him, and are in him. Without him we not only can do nothing, but without him we are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28For in him we live - The expression “in him” evidently means by him; by his originally forming us, and continually sustaining us. No words can better express our constant dependence on God. He is the original fountain of life, and he upholds us each moment. A similar sentiment is found in Plautus (5,4,14): “O Jupiter, who dost cherish and nourish the race of man; by whom we live, and with whom is the hope of the life of all men” (Kuinoel). It does not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 Here we have a sermon to heathens, who worshipped false gods, and were without the true God in the world; and to them the scope of the discourse was different from what the apostle preached to the Jews. In the latter case, his business was to lead his hearers by prophecies and miracles to the knowledge of the Redeemer, and faith in him; in the former, it was to lead them, by the common works of providence, to know the Creator, and worship…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-31Paul’s sermon in Athens shows how well he could adapt his preaching of the good news (Romans 11:14; 1 Corinthians 9:19–23; 10:33; compare Acts 16:3; 17:2–3; 21:20–26). His Greek audience did not know the Scriptures or believe in one God like the Jews. However, they had a strong intellectual background. Paul connected with them using an Athenian inscription on an altar TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. He then explained God’s nature as the Creator (17:22–29), followed by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. For in him we live, and move, and have our being--(or, more briefly, "exist").--This means, not merely, "Without Him we have no life, nor that motion which every inanimate nature displays, nor even existence itself" [Meyer], but that God is the living, immanent Principle of all these in men. as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring--the first half of the fifth line, word for word, of an astronomical poem of Aratus, a…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 17

• 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