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For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.” <a href="/esv/acts/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/bsb/acts/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/blb/acts/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And yet He has not left Himself without witness, doing good, giving to you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/kjv/acts/14.htm">King James Bible</a> Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/nkjv/acts/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/nasb_/acts/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/nasb/acts/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/acts/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/lsb/acts/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/amp/acts/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> yet He did not leave Himself without some witness [as evidence of Himself], in that He kept constantly doing good things and showing you kindness, and giving you rains from heaven and productive seasons, filling your hearts with food and happiness.” <a href="/csb/acts/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.” <a href="/hcsb/acts/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.&#8221 <a href="/asv/acts/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/cev/acts/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But he showed he was there by the good things he did. God sends rain from heaven and makes your crops grow. He gives food to you and makes your hearts glad. <a href="/erv/acts/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/gwt/acts/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Yet, by doing good, he has given evidence of his existence. He gives you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons. He fills you with food and your lives with happiness." <a href="/gnt/acts/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness." <a href="/isv/acts/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> yet he has not abandoned his witness: he continues to do good, to give you rain from heaven, to give you fruitful seasons, and to fill you with food and your hearts with joy." <a href="/msb/acts/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.? <a href="/net/acts/14.htm">NET Bible</a> yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy." <a href="/nheb/acts/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/wbt/acts/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/wey/acts/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and yet by His beneficence He has not left His existence unattested--His beneficence, I mean, in sending you rain from Heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and joyfulness." <a href="/web/acts/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good—giving rains to us from Heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness”; <a href="/blb/acts/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And yet He has not left Himself without witness, doing good, giving to you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/ylt/acts/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good -- from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;' <a href="/slt/acts/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And surely indeed he left not himself without witness, doing good, having given us rain from heaven, and fruitful times, filling our hearts with food and gladness.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/cpdv/acts/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 14:16>But certainly, he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/nabre/acts/14.htm">New American Bible</a> yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and gladness for your hearts.” <a href="/nrsvce/acts/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good—giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Nevertheless he left himself without testimony, in that he bestowed good on them from heaven, and gave them rain, and caused the fruits to grow in their seasons, and satisfied their hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/14.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> While he did not leave himself without a testimony, as he was giving them precious things from the Heavens and sending rain down to them, multiplying their fruits in their times and was satisfying their hearts with food and gladness.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/14.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and yet he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good, and giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/godbey/acts/14.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> indeed he did not leave himself without witnesses, doing good, giving to you the rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/haweis/acts/14.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Although indeed he left not himself untestified of, doing us good, giving us from heaven showers, and fruitful seasons, replenishing our hearts with food and gladness. <a href="/mace/acts/14.htm">Mace New Testament</a> nevertheless he sufficiently display'd himself by his beneficence to mankind, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, replenishing our hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/wey/acts/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and yet by His beneficence He has not left His existence unattested--His beneficence, I mean, in sending you rain from Heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and joyfulness." <a href="/worrell/acts/14.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and yet He left not Himself without witness, doing good, giving you rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/worsley/acts/14.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." <a href="/parallel/acts/14-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=4718" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/14.htm">The Visit to Lystra and Derbe</a> …16In past generations, He let all nations go their own way. 17<a href="/greek/2543.htm" title="2543: kaitoi (Conj) -- And yet, although, though. From kai and toi; and yet, i.e. Nevertheless.">Yet</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/863.htm" title="863: aphēken (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.">He has not left</a> <a href="/greek/848.htm" title="848: hauton (PPro-AM3S) -- Her own, his own, their own, themselves, they. Contracted for heautou; self.">Himself</a> <a href="/greek/267.htm" title="267: amartyron (Adj-AMS) -- Without witness, untestified to. Unattested.">without testimony</a> <a href="/greek/14.htm" title="14: agathourgōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To work that which is good, perform good deeds. From agathos and ergon; to work good.">to His goodness:</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: didous (V-PPA-NMS) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">He gives</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/5205.htm" title="5205: hyetous (N-AMP) -- Rain. From a primary huo; rain, especially a shower.">rain</a> <a href="/greek/3771.htm" title="3771: ouranothen (Adv) -- From heaven, from the sky. From ouranos and the enclitic of source; from the sky.">from heaven</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2593.htm" title="2593: karpophorous (Adj-AMP) -- Fruitful. From karpos and phero; fruitbearing.">fruitful</a> <a href="/greek/2540.htm" title="2540: kairous (N-AMP) -- Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.">seasons,</a> <a href="/greek/1705.htm" title="1705: empiplōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To fill up, satisfy. Or empletho em-play'-tho; from en and the base of pleistos;to fill in, i.e. to satisfy.">filling</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardias (N-AFP) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">hearts</a> <a href="/greek/5160.htm" title="5160: trophēs (N-GFS) -- Food, nourishment, maintenance. From trepho; nourishment; by implication, rations.">with food</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2167.htm" title="2167: euphrosynēs (N-GFS) -- Joy, gladness, rejoicing. From the same as euphraino; joyfulness.">gladness.”</a> 18Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20</a> For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. <a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1-4</a> For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. / Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. / Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, ... <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/psalms/104-13.htm">Psalm 104:13-15</a> He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. / He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: / wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. <a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a> Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. <a href="/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10</a> He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. <a href="/psalms/145-15.htm">Psalm 145:15-16</a> The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. / You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a> They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-13</a> You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. / You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth. / You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty. ... <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a> As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.” <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a> You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8-9</a> who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. / He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.he left.<a href="/acts/17-27.htm">Acts 17:27,28</a> That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: … <a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1-4</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork… <a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Romans 1:19,20</a> Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them… in that.<a href="/psalms/36-5.htm">Psalm 36:5-7</a> Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds… <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a> To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.<a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24-28</a> O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches… and gave.<a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a> Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.<a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12</a> The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.filling.<a href="/deuteronomy/8-12.htm">Deuteronomy 8:12-14</a> Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; … <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Nehemiah 9:25</a> And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.<a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Isaiah 22:13</a> And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/8-6.htm">Beneficence</a> <a href="/luke/12-17.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/john/8-58.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Fills</a> <a href="/acts/13-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/john/15-16.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/acts/13-52.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/12-14.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/acts/14-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/acts/11-23.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/acts/14-3.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/acts/7-46.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/14-5.htm">Making</a> <a href="/acts/10-37.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/acts/5-14.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/acts/11-29.htm">Plenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Provides</a> <a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Rains</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-25.htm">Satisfying</a> <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Seasons</a> <a href="/acts/13-33.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/acts/14-3.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/acts/14-16.htm">Times</a> <a href="/acts/14-3.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/8-6.htm">Beneficence</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-10.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-12.htm">Filling</a> <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Fills</a> <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Food</a> <a href="/romans/1-13.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/philippians/1-22.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/acts/16-34.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/16-34.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/acts/14-21.htm">Good</a> <a href="/acts/15-8.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/acts/15-30.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/acts/24-4.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/acts/16-39.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/14-18.htm">Making</a> <a href="/acts/17-20.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/acts/27-11.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-14.htm">Plenty</a> <a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Provides</a> <a href="/acts/28-2.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/james/5-7.htm">Rains</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Satisfying</a> <a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Seasons</a> <a href="/acts/15-27.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/acts/20-20.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/acts/15-8.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/acts/15-18.htm">Times</a> <a href="/acts/15-8.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 14</div>1. <a href="/acts/14-1.htm">Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium.</a> 8. <a href="/acts/14-8.htm">At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed as gods.</a> 19. <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Paul is stoned.</a> 21. <a href="/acts/14-21.htm">They pass through various churches, confirming the disciples in faith and patience.</a> 26. <a href="/acts/14-26.htm">Returning to Antioch, they report what God had done with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The testimony of God's goodness is seen in His provision and care for humanity, even when they are unaware of His presence. This aligns with the idea of common grace, where God extends His goodness to all people, regardless of their faith. Historically, this was a radical message in a polytheistic society, where gods were often seen as capricious and distant.He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, Rain and fruitful seasons are tangible expressions of God's providence. In the ancient Near East, agriculture was central to life, and rain was crucial for survival. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a> highlight rain as a blessing from God. The phrase underscores God's sovereignty over nature, contrasting with pagan beliefs that attributed such phenomena to various deities. This also reflects the covenantal promises in the Old Testament, where obedience to God resulted in agricultural blessings (<a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a>).filling your hearts with food and gladness. Food and gladness are direct results of God's provision, pointing to His desire for human flourishing. <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14-15</a> speaks of God providing food and wine to gladden the heart. This phrase suggests that physical sustenance and joy are interconnected, both gifts from God. In a cultural context, feasting and celebration were integral to community life, often associated with religious festivals. This reflects the biblical theme of joy as a response to God's goodness, seen in <a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a>, where the joy of the Lord is described as strength.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_and_barnabas.htm">Paul and Barnabas</a> The apostles who are speaking to the people in Lystra, a city in the region of Lycaonia, during their first missionary journey. 2. <a href="/topical/l/lystra.htm">Lystra</a> A city in the Roman province of Galatia where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel and performed miracles. 3. <a href="/topical/g/gentiles.htm">Gentiles</a> The primary audience in Lystra, who were largely unfamiliar with the Jewish Scriptures and needed to understand God's revelation through nature and providence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_general_revelation.htm">God's General Revelation</a> God reveals Himself not only through Scripture but also through His creation. The natural world is a testament to His existence and goodness. <a href="/topical/p/providence_and_provision.htm">Providence and Provision</a> God's provision of rain and fruitful seasons is a demonstration of His care for all humanity, showing His desire for our well-being and joy. <a href="/topical/c/common_grace.htm">Common Grace</a> The concept of common grace is evident as God provides for all people, regardless of their faith, showing His love and mercy. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_and_worship.htm">Gratitude and Worship</a> Recognizing God's provision should lead us to gratitude and worship, acknowledging His sovereignty and goodness in our lives. <a href="/topical/e/evangelism_and_witness.htm">Evangelism and Witness</a> Like Paul and Barnabas, we can use the evidence of God's goodness in creation as a starting point for sharing the gospel with those unfamiliar with Scripture.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) He left not himself without witness.--Here again we have the outline of what is afterwards expanded (<a href="/context/romans/1-19.htm" title="Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it to them.">Romans 1:19-20</a>). In speaking to peasants like those at Lystra, St. Paul naturally dwells most on the witness given through the divine goodness as manifested in nature. In addressing philosophers at Athens and at Rome, he points to the yet fuller witness of consciousness and conscience (<a href="/acts/17-28.htm" title="For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.">Acts 17:28</a>; <a href="/context/romans/2-14.htm" title="For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:">Romans 2:14-15</a>).In that he did good.--Better, as expressing the continuous manifestation of the divine will, "working good, giving rain, filling our hearts." The MSS. vary, some giving "us" and "our," and some "you" and "your." The former is more characteristic of the sympathy which led St. Paul to identify himself with Gentile as well as Jew. The "joy of harvest" (<a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm" title="You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.">Isaiah 9:3</a>) was the common inheritance of each. The latter words in the Greek, from "giving us rain from heaven," are so distinctly rhythmical that they suggest the thought that St. Paul quotes from some hymn of praise which he had heard in a harvest or vintage festival, and which, as with the altar to the Unknown God at Athens, he claims as due to Him whom men ignorantly worshipped. (See Note on <a href="/acts/17-23.htm" title="For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I to you.">Acts 17:23</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - And yet for nevertheless, A.V.; you from heaven rains for us rain from hearer, A.V. and T.R.; your for our, A.V. and T.R. Observe how the apostle adapts his preaching to his hearers. How different this address to the heathen Lycaonians from those to Jews and proselytes! Here he leads them from nature to God; there from prophecy to Jesus. <a href="/commentaries/acts/14-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Yet καίτοι (kaitoi) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2543.htm">Strong's 2543: </a> And yet, although, though. From kai and toi; and yet, i.e. Nevertheless. He has not left ἀφῆκεν (aphēken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_863.htm">Strong's 863: </a> From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications. Himself αὑτὸν (hauton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_848.htm">Strong's 848: </a> Her own, his own, their own, themselves, they. Contracted for heautou; self. without testimony ἀμάρτυρον (amartyron) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_267.htm">Strong's 267: </a> Without witness, untestified to. Unattested. to His goodness: ἀγαθουργῶν (agathourgōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_14.htm">Strong's 14: </a> To work that which is good, perform good deeds. From agathos and ergon; to work good. He gives διδοὺς (didous) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. rain ὑετοὺς (hyetous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5205.htm">Strong's 5205: </a> Rain. From a primary huo; rain, especially a shower. from heaven οὐρανόθεν (ouranothen) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3771.htm">Strong's 3771: </a> From heaven, from the sky. From ouranos and the enclitic of source; from the sky. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. fruitful καρποφόρους (karpophorous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2593.htm">Strong's 2593: </a> Fruitful. From karpos and phero; fruitbearing. seasons, καιροὺς (kairous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2540.htm">Strong's 2540: </a> Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time. filling ἐμπιπλῶν (empiplōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1705.htm">Strong's 1705: </a> To fill up, satisfy. Or empletho em-play'-tho; from en and the base of pleistos;to fill in, i.e. to satisfy. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. hearts καρδίας (kardias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. with food τροφῆς (trophēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5160.htm">Strong's 5160: </a> Food, nourishment, maintenance. From trepho; nourishment; by implication, rations. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. gladness.” εὐφροσύνης (euphrosynēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2167.htm">Strong's 2167: </a> Joy, gladness, rejoicing. 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