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26 And He made from one man every nation of mankind, that they should dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the times[a] having been appointed[b] for them and the boundaries of their dwelling-places[c]; 27 that they should seek God— if perhaps indeed they might grope-for[d] Him and find Him, though indeed He being not far from each one of us. 28 For in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of your poets[e] have said— ‘For we are indeed the One’s offspring[f]’.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:26 That is, periods of ascendancy.
  2. Acts 17:26 Or, commanded, fixed, assigned.
  3. Acts 17:26 Or, settlements, colonies.
  4. Acts 17:27 Or, feel-about-for.
  5. Acts 17:28 Paul quotes from Aratus (270 b.c.) or Cleanthes (220 b.c.).
  6. Acts 17:28 Or, family, people.

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