Acts 17:29
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 17
“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
What Does Acts 17:29 Mean?
Acts 17:29 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 17, verse 29 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 17:29 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 20:4“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”Isaiah 40:18“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”Isaiah 40:25“To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.”Romans 1:23“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”Romans 1:20“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”Romans 1:24“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”Isaiah 46:5“To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?”Psalms 115:4“Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”Psalms 135:15“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”Deuteronomy 4:16“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”Daniel 3:1“Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.”Acts 19:26“Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:”Exodus 32:1“And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”Habakkuk 2:19“Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.”2 Kings 19:18“And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.”Isaiah 46:6“They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.”Jeremiah 10:4“They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.”Galatians 4:8“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.”Exodus 32:4“And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”Leviticus 26:1“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.”
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