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Acts 17:27

So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

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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 of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

28For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

Psalms 139:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

Acts 14:17But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

Romans 1:20For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

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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