Acts 17:26

From one man he made every nation of people to live on the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their living areas,

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And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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25Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives people life and breath and everything else.

27so that they should search for God and perhaps they may feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:20The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

Deuteronomy 32:7Call to mind the days of ancient times, 1 think about the years of many ages past. 1 Ask your father and he will show you, 1 your elders and they will tell you. 1

Job 14:5Man's days are determined. 1 The number of his months is with you; 1 you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass. 1

Isaiah 14:31Howl, gate; cry, city; all of you will melt away, Philistia. 1 For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, 1 and there is no straggler in his ranks. 1

Isaiah 45:21Come close and declare it to me, bring the evidence! Let them conspire together. 1 Who has shown this from long ago? Who announced it? 1 Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. 1

Daniel 11:35Some of the wise will stumble so that refining will happen to them, and cleansing, and purifying, until the time of the end. For the appointed time is still to come.

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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