Atos 17:16-32 NVIPT

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:21-31

Acts 17:21-31Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill.Novelty attractiveYes, the people gathered in crowds round the statue, and looked at it again and again. It was not the finest work of art in the city, nor the most intrinsically attractive. Why, then, did the citizens of Verona stand in such clusters around the effigy of Dante on that summer’s evening? Do you guess the reason? It was a fete in honour of the poet. No, you are mistaken; it was but an ordinary evening, and there was nothing... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:23

Acts 17:23I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown God.Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. Before the altar of the unknown God1. What was there in Athens to which Paul could appeal? To Jewish prophecy? No one held them in esteem. Should he begin with repentance, faith, Jesus, and judgment? No one would understand his message. Ought he now to overthrow these altars? But destruction is not construction. Ought the nothingness of the gods to be exposed to... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:24

Acts 17:24God.All the Indo-European equivalents for God are the same in their ultimate root as the word “day,” and signify the brightness of the sky. The Latin Deus, the Greek Theos, the Sanskrit Dyaus, the Welsh Duw, and even the English God, all come from the same root, signifying the brightness of the sky. This thought has been fixed in the term Jupiter, one of the oldest appellations by which God is known in Europe. Jupiter--what is it? The first syllable Ju is the same as the Welsh Duw,... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:25

Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands.Contrast between God and idolsIdols certainly require the care of human hands. There are still shops in the cities of India and China, with this inscription on their sign boards, “Here old gods are repaired and renovated.” (Leonhard.)As though He needed anything.God has no needsThe idol was supposed to be a needy, dependent being, fed by the hands of man. God not so (Psalms 50:1-23). Notice the main points of comparison.I. Idols are dead; God... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:26

Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all the nations.All of one blood1. This is not the gospel, but it is the foundation on which the gospel builds--that humanity is one; that race distinctions are superficial, and not radical; that there is a universal brotherhood, originating in the universal Fatherhood of God. This is familiar enough to us, for our common speech is stocked with phrases and expressions which recognise it. But then no man believed in it. Jew and Greek, and Roman and barbarian... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:27

Acts 17:27That they should seek the Lord.God the chief object of searchI. In what sense is it true that God is not far from any one of us? He is nigh--1. In the creation around us.2. In the sense of creaturely dependence and trust.3. In that He is the Being towards whom the soul tends.II. Is what sense does man feel after God?1. In every search for an object of love there is a groping after God.2. The intense longing after human fellowship is feeling after God.3. So there is in the instinct of... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28In Him we live and move and have our being.In Him we live and move, and have our beingI. Wrong views of the nature of God lie at the foundation of all false theories of religion.These are--1. That He is a limited Being, dwelling in temples, receiving gifts from man. This was the popular notion here combated.2. That He is an infinite Being, but removed from us; the Creator, but not the Moral Governor.3. That He is the only Being, all that is being merely phenomena of Him; so that there... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:29

Acts 17:29Forasmuch then … we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold.Paul’s cumulative argumentUp to this verse Paul has made a general statement respecting God. Here he lays down the groundwork of a true and abiding Christian philosophy. The armoury of the Church is in the word “forasmuch.” It throws man back on himself, and says, “If you want to know what God is, know yourself.” “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think,” etc. He made us; as certain... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:30

Acts 17:30The times of this ignorance God winked at. God and the times of ignorance1. Surrounded by the representatives of the great philosophic schools, and with the beautiful objects of Pagan devotion on every side, Paul characterises the error of idolatry as a mark of ignorance. It was a severe thing to say to a people who cherished the past so fondly, and who boasted of their culture; and perhaps not the least irritating thing was that Paul represented his own God--that God so new and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:31

Acts 17:31Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will Judge the world in righteousness. The day of judgmentI. There shall be a day of judgment.1. “A particular judgment.” At the day of death the soul hath a judgment passed upon it (Hebrews 9:27; Ecclesiastes 12:7).2. “A general day of judgment”; which is the great assize, when the world shall be gathered together (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36; Psalms 96:13).II. Why there must be a day of judgment.1. That God may execute justice... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:21-31

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:23

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:24

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:25

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:26

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:27

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:28

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:29

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:30

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:31

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