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Acts 17:28

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Acts 17:28 BSB
  1. a This is probably a quote from the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.
  2. b This is probably a quote from the poem “Phainomena” by the Cilician philosopher Aratus.

Acts 17:28 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 12:10 (65 votes) and Colossians 1:17 (60 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Acts 17:28 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 12:1065 votes

    The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

  2. Colossians 1:1760 votes

    He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

  3. Hebrews 1:342 votes

    The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

  4. Psalm 36:940 votes

    For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

  5. Luke 20:3826 votes

    He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

  6. John 5:2620 votes

    For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

  7. John 11:2520 votes

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

  8. Psalm 66:919 votes

    He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

  9. Hebrews 12:917 votes

    Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

  10. 1 Samuel 25:2913 votes

    And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

  11. Daniel 5:239 votes
  12. Luke 3:38-6 votes
  13. Titus 1:12-15 votes

Which verses point to Acts 17:28?

The 10 strongest of 23.