Acts 17:26-28

Paul Addresses the Areopagus

²⁶ And _x he made from one man every nation of mankind to live _y on all the face of the earth, _z having determined allotted periods and _a the boundaries of their dwelling place, ²⁷ _b that they should seek God, in the hope that _c they might feel their way toward him and find him. _d Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

²⁸ for
_e "'In him we live and move and have our being'; ₁
as even some of _f your own poets have said,
"'For we are indeed his offspring.' ₂

1. Cross References
   Genesis 3:20
   The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
   Malachi 2:10
   Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 11:8
   So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
   Luke 21:35
   For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
   
3. Cross References
   Job 12:23
   He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
   Job 14:5
   Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 32:8
   When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
   Psalms 74:17
   You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 15:17
   That the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things
   
6. Cross References
   Job 23:3
   Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
   Job 23:8 - 9
   Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him.
   
7. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 4:7
   For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
   Psalms 145:18
   The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
   Jeremiah 23:23 - 24
   Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?
   Acts 14:17
   Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 12:10
   In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
   Daniel 5:23
   But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
   Hebrews 2:11
   For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
   
9. Cross References
   Titus 1:12
   One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.