Act 17:28-29 | NET2full | STEP | For in him we live and move about and exist , as even some of your own poets have said , ‘For we too are his offspring.’

‏ Acts 17:28-29

28 For in him we live and move about ^{▼▼tn According to L&N 15.1, “A strictly literal translation of κινέω in Ac 17:28 might imply merely moving from one place to another. The meaning, however, is generalized movement and activity; therefore, it may be possible to translate κινούμεθα as ‘we come and go’ or ‘we move about’ or even ‘we do what we do.’”} and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ ^{▼▼sn This quotation is from Aratus (ca. 310-245 b.c.), Phaenomena 5. Paul asserted a general relationship and accountability to God for all humanity.} 29 So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity ^{▼▼tn Or “the divine being.” BDAG 446 s.v. θεῖος 1.b has “divine being, divinity” here.} is like gold or silver or stone, an image ^{▼▼tn Or “a likeness.” Again idolatry is directly attacked as an affront to God and a devaluation of him.} made by human ^{▼▼tn Grk “by the skill and imagination of man,” but ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) has been translated as an attributive genitive.} skill ^{▼▼tn Or “craftsmanship” (cf. BDAG 1001 s.v. τέχνη).} and imagination. ^{▼▼tn Or “thought.” BDAG 336 s.v. ἐνθύμησις has “thought, reflection, idea” as the category of meaning here, but in terms of creativity (as in the context) the imaginative faculty is in view.}