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BeingὑπάρχοντεςthenοὖνGod’sτοῦ θεοῦoffspring,γένοςwe oughtὀφείλομενnotοὐκto thinkνομίζεινthatthe divineτὸ θεῖονisεἶναιlikeὅμοιονgoldχρυσῷorἢsilverἀργύρῳorἢstone,λίθῳa sculptureχαράγματιof humanἀνθρώπουartτέχνηςandκαὶimagination.ἐνθυμήσεως
Acts 17:29
Study it in the app“Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 17:29, word by word
- Beingὑπάρχοντεςhyparchontes
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchontes” appears- God’sθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- offspringγένοςgenos
family
The ancestors one comes from.
Where else “genos” appears- we oughtὀφείλομενopheilomen
ought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilomen” appears- to thinkνομίζεινnomizein
think, suppose
Think, suppose, consider something to be so.
Where else “nomizein” appears- the divineθεῖονtheion
deity
God's being, God himself.
Where else “theion” appears- isεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- likeὅμοιονhomoion
like
Like, similar.
Where else “homoion” appears- goldχρυσῷchrysōi
gold
Gold; also things made of gold.
Where else “chrysōi” appears- silverἀργύρῳargyrōi
silver
Silver.
Where else “argyrōi” appears- stoneλίθῳlithōi
stone
A piece of hard rock, loose or cut.
Where else “lithōi” appears- a sculptureχαράγματιcharagmati
sculpture
A figure of metal or stone carved by a craftsman.
Where else “charagmati” appears- of humanἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- artτέχνηςtechnēs
craft, art
Craft, trade, art.
Where else “technēs” appears- imaginationἐνθυμήσεωςenthymēseōs
thought, reflection
Thought, reflection; also the planning of the mind.
Where else “enthymēseōs” appears
The context
28For in him we live and move and are, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29 · This verse (above)
30So God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all people everywhere to change their minds,
To study Acts 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?