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.
For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as certaine also of your owne Poets haue said, For we are also his offspring.
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- Colossians 1:17Rank 2 from verse 28
- Hebrews 1:3Rank 3 from verse 28
3Who 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;
3*Who being the brightnesse of his glory, and the expresse image of his person, and vpholding all things by the word of his power, when hee had by himselfe purged our sinnes, sate down on y e right hand of the Maiestie on high,
- Psalms 36:9Rank 4 from verse 28
- Luke 20:38Rank 5 from verse 28
- John 11:25Rank 6 from verse 28
- Psalms 66:9Rank 8 from verse 28
- Hebrews 12:9Rank 9 from verse 28
9Furthermore 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?
9Furthermore, wee haue had fathers of our flesh, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: shall we not much rather bee in subiection vnto the Father of Spirits, and liue?
- 1 Samuel 25:29Rank 10 from verse 28
29Yet 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.
29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God, and the soules of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, † as out of the middle of a sling.
- Daniel 5:23Rank 11 from verse 28
23But 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:
23But hast lifted vp thy selfe against the LORD of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praised the gods of siluer, and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which see not, nor heare, nor knowe: and the God in whose hande thy breath is, and whose are all thy wayes, hast thou not glorified.
- Titus 1:12Rank 13 from verse 28
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Acts 17:28
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.
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To change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.
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1. A particular person, thing, place, time, amount, or number not named or not further specified; also some members or portion of a group. 2. Sure, settled, true, reliable, or known beyond doubt.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Children, descendants, seed, or that which proceeds from a source or ancestor.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
27That they should seeke the Lord, if haply they might feele after him and finde him, though he be not farre from euery one of vs.
28For 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.
28For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as certaine also of your owne Poets haue said, For we are also his offspring.
Selected passage29Forasmuch 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.
29Forasmuch then as wee are the offspring of God, *wee ought not to thinke that the Godhead is like vnto golde, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte, and mans deuice.