Acts 17:29 - Exposition

Being then for forasmuch then as we are, A.V. ; device of man for man ' s device, A.V. Graven by art , etc. In the Greek the substantive χαράγματα , graven images, things engraven, is in apposition with the gold, silver, and stone, and a further description of them. Art, τέχνη , is the manual skill, the device; ἐνθύμησις is the genius and mental power which plans the splendid temple, or exquisite sculpture, or the statue which is to receive the adoration of the idolater. Compare the withering sarcasm of Isaiah ( Isaiah 44:9-17 ).