Acts 17:27
God's purpose was that they should seek him, hoping they would reach out for him and find him—though he isn't far from any one of us.
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28In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’”
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!
Psalms 139:1Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!
Acts 14:17Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”
Romans 1:20Ever since the creation of the world, the invisible aspects of God—his eternal power and divinity—are clearly visible in what he has made. Such people have no 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 →