King James Version
Acts 17:28 in the King James Version says “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 offsp...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 17:28 · KJV
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
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.
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.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“own”
G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
“have said”
G2046an alternate for g2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e., speak or say
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“offspring”
G1085"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
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