Acts 17:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 17:24

Addressing the Areopagus

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the¹ Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;

23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:

24 ^a“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is ^bLord of heaven and earth, ^cdoes not dwell in temples made with hands.

25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He ^agives to all life, breath, and all things.

26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and ^athe boundaries of their dwellings,

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Definitions of words in Acts 17:24:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Dwell {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Dwell {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Earth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Earth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Heaven {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Heaven {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Temples {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Acts 17:24:

Heaven {Easton's}
Mars Hill {Easton's}
Doctrine {I.S.B.E.}
Father, God The {I.S.B.E.}
God, 3 {I.S.B.E.}
Philosophy {I.S.B.E.}
Temple, A2 {I.S.B.E.}
Unknown God {I.S.B.E.}
World, Cosmological {I.S.B.E.}

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