Acts 17:28
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 17
“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
What Does Acts 17:28 Mean?
Acts 17:28 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 17, verse 28 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Identity.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 17:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 12:10“In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.”Colossians 1:17“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”Hebrews 1:3“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”Psalms 36:9“For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”Luke 20:38“For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”Genesis 1:26“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”Psalms 66:9“Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.”John 5:26“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;”John 11:25“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”Hebrews 12:9“Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?”1 Samuel 25:29“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.”Romans 11:36“For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”Deuteronomy 30:20“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”1 Corinthians 8:6“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”Daniel 5:23“But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:”Genesis 1:29“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”Job 10:12“Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.”Acts 17:25“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”Proverbs 20:24“Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?”John 5:17“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”
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