Acts 17:29

New English Translation

So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:18

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

Psalm 106:20

They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Exodus 20:4

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

Exodus 32:4

He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

Isaiah 40:25

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

Acts 19:26

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.