Acts 17:27

to seek God, if peradventure they feel him, either find (him), though he be not far from each of you.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 made of one all the kind of men to inhabit on all the face of the earth, determining times ordained, and (the) terms of the dwelling [or of the habitation] of them,

28For in him we live, and move, and be. As also some of your poets said, And we be also the kind [or the kin] of him.

Read all of Acts 17

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27Therefore whether it is to guess, that God dwelleth verily on earth; for if heaven, and (the) heaven of heavens be not able to take thee, how much more this house, that I have builded to thee. (And so, is it only a guess, that truly God liveth not on the earth? for if heaven, and the heaven of heavens be not able to hold thee, then how much less this House, that I have built for thee?)

Psalms 139:1To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and hast known me; ( For the choirmaster, a song by David. Lord, thou hast assayed, or tested, me, and thou knowest me;)

Acts 14:17And yet he left not himself without witnessing in well-doing, for he gave rains from heaven, and times of bearing fruit, and full-filled your hearts with meat, and gladness. (And yet he did not leave himself without testimony or evidence of his good deeds, for he gave rain from the heavens, and times of bearing fruit, and filled you full with food, and your hearts with gladness.)

Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him, that be understood, be beheld of the creature of the world (or be seen from the creation of the world), by those things that be made, yea, and the everlasting virtue of him (or and his eternal power), and the Godhead, so that they may not be excused [or they be unexcusable].

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 17:27