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Acts 17:25
nor
3761
is He served
2323
by human
442
hands
5495
,
A
as though He needed
4326
anything
5100
, since He Himself
846
gives
1325
to all
3956
people
life
2222
and breath
4157
and all
3956
things
3956
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Acts 17:25
nor is He
1
served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things. [Is 42:5]
Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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1
Here Paul uses an unusual word which normally refers to healing. He was educated in classical Greek literature to some extent (see note v 28 and 22:3), and what he says here recalls earlier arguments by Plato (in his dialogues
the Euthyphro
and
the Symposium)
which should have struck a responsive chord in the listeners. In the dialogues, Plato represents Socrates as analyzing the nature of service to a god, and points out that the god can only receive actual benefit from service if he is in need or lacking something. Paul masterfully adapts himself to the thinking of the Athenians, demonstrating to them that the gods whom they serve with sacrifices and worship cannot really be gods at all, unless it is possible for a god to have faults or needs that have to be satisfied. This is also a good point for the Christian to bear in mind; believers are to serve God, but this is not a service that in any way actually benefits Him, because He is perfect and in no need of anything which man can supply. The same is true for the sacrificial system of the OT. While God is represented there as demanding sacrifices and sometimes enjoying their pleasant aromas, the sacrifices did not actually benefit Him. In reality they pointed ahead to the supreme sacrifice of Christ, which was the ultimate payment for mankind's sins.
NASB Cross References:
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A
Job 22:2
"Can a vigorous man be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?
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442
anthrôpinos
; from
444; human:--
human(5), human terms(1), such as is common to man(1).
846
autos
; an intensive pron., a prim. word; (1)
self
(emphatic) (2)
he, she, it
(used for the third pers. pron.) (3)
the same:--
accompanied*(2), agree*(1), anyone(1), both*(1), city(2), even(1), here*(1), herself(5), himself(83), itself(7), just(1), lies(1), like(1), like-minded(1), money(1), myself(10), number(1), one(1), one's(2), other(1), ourselves(8), own(2), part(1), people(1), person(1), personally(1), righteousness(1), same(59), same things(4), same way(1), selves(1), sight(1), temple(1), theirs(3), themselves(23), there*(2), these(1), these things(2), this(1), those(2), together*(8), very(17), very one(1), very thing(4), well(1), who(3), whose(2), whose*(1), women(1), yourself(3), yourselves(14), yourselves*(3).
1325
didômi
; redupl. from the root
do-
;
to give
(in various senses lit. or fig.):--add(1), allow(2), bestowed(4), cause(2), commanded*(1), dealing(1), drew(1), gave(79), give(122), given(117), gives(14), giving(12), grant(15), granted(10), granting(2), leave(1), make(1), offer(2), pass(1), pay(5), permitted(1), pour(1), poured(1), produce(1), produces(1), producing(1), put(6), puts(1), putting(1), show(1), struck*(1), utter(1), venture*(1), yielded(3).
2222
zôê
; from
2198; life:--
alive(1), life(133), living(1).
2323
therapeuô
; from
2324; to serve, cure:--
cure(1), cured(4), get healed(1), getting cured(1), heal(9), healed(21), healing(5), served(1).
3761
oude
; from
3756
and
1161; and not, neither:--
all(2), cannot*(3), either(4), even(37), neither(4), no(4), no*(1), nor(64), nothing*(1), or(20), then(1).
3956
pas
; a prim. word;
all, every:--
all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).
4157
pnoê
; from
4154; a blowing, wind, breath:--
breath(1), wind(1).
4326
prosdeomai
; from
4314
and
1189a; to want further:--
needed(1).
5100
tis
; a prim. enclitic indef. pron.;
a certain one, someone, anyone:--
any(36), any man(9), any man's(2), any one(4), any way(1), any woman(1), anyone(90), anyone's(1), anyone's*(1), anyone...anything(1), anything(40), anything...anyone(1), certain(6), certain man(1), certain men(2), few(1), in any way(1), high(1), kind(1), man(10), man's(2), matter(1), no*(5), none*(3), nothing*(8), one(45), one...another(1), ones(1), others(1), person(2), several(2), some(104), some men(3), some people(1), some things(1), somebody(1), someone(27), something(15), somewhat(2), such(1), various things(1), whatever(1), whatever*(6), who(1), whoever*(4), whomever*(1).
5495
cheir
; a prim. word;
the hand:--
agency(1), charge*(1), grasp(1), hand(82), hands(88), help(1).
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