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  • Acts 17:24
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 24 The God who made the world and all the things in it, being, as he is, Lord of heaven and earth,+ does not dwell in handmade temples;+

  • Acts 17:24
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 24 Ὁ The θεὸς God ὁ the (one) ποιήσας having made τὸν the κόσμον world καὶ and πάντα all τὰ the (things) ἐν in αὐτῷ, it, οὗτος this (One) οὐρανοῦ of heaven καὶ and γῆς of earth ὑπάρχων existing κύριος Lord οὐκ not ἐν in χειροποιήτοις handmade ναοῖς divine habitations κατοικεῖ is inhabiting

  • Acts 17:24
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 24 The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth,+ does not dwell in handmade temples,*+

  • Acts 17:24
    The Bible in Living English
    • 24 God, who made the world and everything in it, does not, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, reside in man-made temples,

  • Acts 17:24
    American Standard Version
    • 24 The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

  • Acts 17:24
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 24 The God that made the world and all things that are therein, the same being Lord of heaven and earth not in hand-made shrines doth dwell,

  • Acts 17:24
    King James Version
    • 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 17:24 it-1 1002; it-2 1206; w10 7/15 30; bt 144; w08 7/1 10; sh 30; w89 2/15 7-8

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 17:24 w77 477; hs 6-7; w74 491; w73 431; w72 751; ad 1671; kj 274; w67 3; w65 742; g62 4/22 8; w60 39; sr55 69; w53 627; tf 36

  • Acts
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 17:24

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 1002

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1206

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/2010, p. 30

      7/1/2008, p. 10

      2/15/1989, pp. 7-8

      8/1/1977, p. 477

      8/15/1974, p. 491

      7/15/1973, pp. 430-431

      12/15/1972, p. 751

      1/1/1967, pp. 3-4

      12/15/1965, pp. 741-743

      1/15/1960, pp. 38-40

      10/15/1953, pp. 626-628

      Bearing Witness, p. 144

      Mankind’s Search for God, pp. 29-31

      Holy Spirit, pp. 6-7

      ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 273-275

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 17:24

      the world: The Greek word koʹsmos is closely linked with mankind in secular Greek literature and particularly in the Bible. (See study note on Joh 1:10.) In secular Greek writings, however, the term was also used to refer to the universe and to creation in general. It is possible that Paul, who was trying to establish common ground with his Greek audience, here used the term in that sense.

      handmade temples: Or “temples made by human hands.” The Greek word khei·ro·poiʹe·tos is also used at Ac 7:48 and Heb 9:11, 24, where it is rendered “made with hands.” Unlike the Greek goddess Athena or the other deities whose glory depended on temples, shrines, and altars made by humans, the Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth cannot be contained in physical temples. (1Ki 8:27) The true God is grander than any idols found in man-made temples. (Isa 40:18-26) Paul may have made this comment because he saw the many temples, shrines, and sanctuaries devoted to various deities.

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