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Acts 17:25

Acts 17:25

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Is he served by for is worshipped with, A.V.; he himself for he, A.V. Served by men's hands. θεραπεύεται, is "waited upon," as a man is waited upon by his servant, who ministers to his wants; θεράπων and θεραπευτής are "an attendant."

So in Hebrew: דבַעָ, to serve God; דבֵעָ, a servant of God; הדָוֹבעְ service as of the Levites in the temple, etc. Anything; or as some take it, as if he needed anybody's help or service. The argument, as Chrysostom suggests, is similar to that in .

8-12.

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