Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
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Gill's Exposition
Neither is worshipped with men's hands,.... Or "served" with them; or "ministered unto" by them, as the Syriac version renders it: and the sense is, that men by worshipping God do not give anything to…
Barnes' Notes
Neither is worshipped with men’s hands - The word here rendered “worshipped” (θεραπέυεται therapeuetai) denotes to “serve”; to wait upon; and then to render religious service or homage. There is…
Adam Clarke
Neither is worshiped with men's hands - This is an indirect stroke against making of images, and offering of sacrifices: he is not worshipped with human hands, as if he needed any thing, or required…
We have here St. Paul's sermon at Athens. Divers sermons we have had, which the apostles preached to the Jews, or such Gentiles as had an acquaintance with and veneration for the Old Testament, and…
Cambridge Bible
neither is worshipped with( served by) men's hands The verb implies the sort of service yielded by a steward to his master, or a minister to his King, a service in which the superior is not…
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