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Acts 17:29 Cross-References
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“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”
Acts 17:29 (KJV)
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Commentary on Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God (γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ)—Paul quotes the pagan poet Aratus ('genos' = race, offspring) to establish common ground, then demolishes idolatry with its own logic. If humans, made in God's image, create art and complex designs, how can the Creator be like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device (χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου)?The Godhead (τὸ θεῖον, 'the divine nature') cannot be reduced to τέχνη (craft, artistic skill) and ἐνθύμησις (human thought, invention). This is the classic a fortiori argument: If offsprin...
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Cross-References for Acts 17:29
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“To whom then will ye liken me”
“and make me equal”
“the work of men's hands.”
“'Awake!' or to the mute stone”
“being perceived through the things that are made”
“that it not move.”
“Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.”
“Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider.”
“and marked off the sky with his span”