Acts 17:28

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 17:1-34

Acts 17:1 . When they had passed through Amphipolis. Boiste adds the Roman name Emboli. It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was called Amphipolis because the river runs on both sides of the city. It was the chief city of Lower Macedonia; and by some called Chrysopolis. Apollonia was taken in their journey. They came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the jews. The ancient name was Therma, from which the bay took... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:15-34

Acts 17:15-34And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena Paul at AthensI. The place which the apostle visited. Athens.II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the masterpieces of art by which he was surrounded, but of--1. Holy indignation. He saw how God was dishonoured; how He was robbed of the homage which was His due.2. Christian compassion. He felt deeply at the contemplation of such moral debasement--a city wholly given to idolatry.3. Zeal. It is well to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:21-31

Acts 17:21-31Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill.Novelty attractiveYes, the people gathered in crowds round the statue, and looked at it again and again. It was not the finest work of art in the city, nor the most intrinsically attractive. Why, then, did the citizens of Verona stand in such clusters around the effigy of Dante on that summer’s evening? Do you guess the reason? It was a fete in honour of the poet. No, you are mistaken; it was but an ordinary evening, and there was nothing... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28In Him we live and move and have our being.In Him we live and move, and have our beingI. Wrong views of the nature of God lie at the foundation of all false theories of religion.These are--1. That He is a limited Being, dwelling in temples, receiving gifts from man. This was the popular notion here combated.2. That He is an infinite Being, but removed from us; the Creator, but not the Moral Governor.3. That He is the only Being, all that is being merely phenomena of Him; so that there... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:28

28 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. Ver. 28. For in him we live, &c. ] The heathen could say, " Est Deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo. " We move ] Understand it as well of the motions of the mind as of the body. And have our being ] As the beams have their being in the sun, and an accident in the subject. Scholastici dependentiam creatorum a Creatore partita luci, quae in aere remote... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 17:28

in him: 1 Samuel 25:29, Job 12:10, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 66:9, Luke 20:38, John 5:26, John 11:25, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3 as: Titus 1:12 we are: Luke 3:38, Hebrews 12:9 Reciprocal: Genesis 1:26 - in our Genesis 1:29 - I have Deuteronomy 30:20 - thy life Job 10:12 - life and favour Proverbs 20:24 - Man's Proverbs 24:12 - that keepeth Daniel 5:23 - in whose John 5:17 - My Acts 14:17 - he left Acts 17:25 - seeing Romans 11:36 - of him 1 Corinthians 8:6 - of whom read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 17:28

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.In him — Not in ourselves, we live, and move, and have our being - This denotes his necessary, intimate, and most efficacious presence. No words can better express the continual and necessary dependence of all created beings, in their existence and all their operations, on the first and almighty cause, which the truest philosophy as well as divinity teaches.As certain... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:1-34

PART THIRD. CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE GENTILES. From Chapter Acts 13:1, to End of Acts. Through the remainder of his work Luke’s subject is the evangelization of the Gentiles, and his hero is Paul. His field is western Asia and Europe; his terminal point is Rome, and the work is the laying the foundation of modern Christendom. At every point, even at Rome, Luke is careful to note the Gospel offer to the Jews, and how the main share reject, and a remnant only is saved. And thus it appears that... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:15-34

Christianity offered to Athens , Acts 17:15-34 . Sailing from Dium the apostle would look a regretful farewell upon the distant mountain tops of Thessalonica; and, more near, the snowy Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the Homeric gods, would recede from sight. He would sail by Thermopylae, where Leonidas, with his three hundred, died for Grecian liberty; and Marathon, where Miltiades repelled the invading Persian. Finally, after probably about three days’ sail, he sweeps round into the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:22-31

Paul’s Speech at the Areopagus , Acts 17:22-31 . Men of Athens The customary address of Demosthenes, Athenian men. Too superstitious It is now generally agreed that the insulting term superstitious is an unhappy rendering of Paul’s Greek word. His word is a generic term which is capable of both a good and a bad meaning, and we doubt not that it was for that reason selected. He could not truthfully commend; he could not respectfully condemn; he therefore selects a term which does not... read more

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