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27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a] As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b] - Acts 17:27:28 NIV
Footnotes:
- Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
- Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
Paul was a Roman citizen from Tarsus (see Acts 9:11). He received a world-class education in the poetry, science and philosophy of the Greco-Roman culture. When he preached in Athens, he drew on his training. He quoted two pots; Epimenides the Cretan and Aratus the Stoic.
Aratus wrote a poem in praise of the Greek god Zeus that included the following couplet: “Always we all have need of Zeus/for we are also his offspring.”
Epimenides is credited with the phrase “for in him we live and move and have our being.” Paul also quotes the Cretan in Titus, where he writes , “Even one of their own prophets has said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons’” (Titus 1:12 NIV)
Other Bible authors mention books from Jewish literature Jude quotes Enoch’s prophecy about the Lord’s return (see Jude 14-15). Throughout 1 and 2 Kings, reference are made to “the book of the annals of the king of Judah”-records we no longer have access to.
The men God used to write to Bible sometimes quoted from others sources to make a point or to find a point of common reference with their audience. A well-read Christian is a prepared Christian.
