Acts 17:27

that they might seek for God, if perhaps they would feel after him, and find him, although, indeed, he is not far from every one of us.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

26and he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling:

28For in him we live, and move, and have our being: as also some of your own poets have said: For we his offspring are.

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Cross References

Acts 14:17and 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.

Romans 1:20(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32

Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 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; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →

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