Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. New Living Translation “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. English Standard Version that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, Berean Standard Bible God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. Berean Literal Bible to seek God, if perhaps indeed they might palpate for Him, and might find Him. And indeed, He is not far from each one of us. King James Bible 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: New King James Version so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; New American Standard Bible that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; NASB 1995 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; NASB 1977 that they should seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; Legacy Standard Bible that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; Amplified Bible This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. Christian Standard Bible He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Holman Christian Standard Bible He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. American Standard Version that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: Aramaic Bible in Plain English “So that they would be seeking and inquiring after God; and they may find him by his creation, because also he is not far from everyone of us.” Contemporary English Version God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us, Douay-Rheims Bible That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us: English Revised Version that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: GOD'S WORD® Translation He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us. Good News Translation He did this so that they would look for him, and perhaps find him as they felt around for him. Yet God is actually not far from any one of us; International Standard Version so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us. Literal Standard Version to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us, Majority Standard Bible The Lord intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. New American Bible so that people might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not far from any one of us. NET Bible so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. New Revised Standard Version so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. New Heart English Bible that they should seek God, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Webster's Bible Translation That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us: Weymouth New Testament that they might seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. Yes, though He is not far from any one of us. World English Bible that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Young's Literal Translation to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul Before the Areopagus…26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. 27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’… Cross References Deuteronomy 4:7 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? Jeremiah 23:23 "Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?" Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness." Treasury of Scripture 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: they. Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Psalm 19:1-6 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork… Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: he be. Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? Psalm 139:1-13 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me… Jump to Previous Far Feel Find Grope Haply Hope Indeed Order Perhaps Possible Reach Search SeekJump to Next Far Feel Find Grope Haply Hope Indeed Order Perhaps Possible Reach Search SeekActs 17 1. Paul preaches at Thessalonica, where some believe,5. and others persecute him. 10. He is sent to Berea, and preaches there. 13. Being persecuted by Jews from Thessalonica, 16. he comes to Athens, and disputes and preaches the living God, to them unknown; 32. whereby, though some mock, many are converted unto Christ. (27) Should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him.--The word for "feel after" expresses strictly the act of groping in the dark. From the Apostle's point of view, anticipating in part the great Theodikaea--the vindication of the ways of God--in the Epistle to the Romans, the whole order of the world's history was planned, as part of the education of mankind, waking longings which it could not satisfy, leading men at once to a consciousness of the holiness of God and of their own sinfulness. The religions of the world were to him as the movements of one who climbs "Upon the great world's altar stairs, That slope through darkness up to God;" who can only say-- "I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust, and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope." Their ritual in all its manifold variety was but as the inarticulate wailing of childhood-- "An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry." --Tennyson, In Memoriam, liv. . . . Verse 27. - God for the Lord, A.V. and T.R. (Meyer does not accept this reading); is for be, A.V.; each for every, A.V. If haply they might feel after him. Ψηλαφάω is "to touch, feel, or handle," as Luke 24:39; Hebrews 12:18; 1 John 1:1. But it is especially used of the action of the blind groping or feeling their way by their hands in default of sight. So Homer describes Polyphemus as χερσὶ ψηλαφόων, feeling his way to the mouth of the cave with his hands after he was blinded by Ulysses ('Odyssey,' 9:416). And in the LXX. of Deuteronomy 28:29 we read, Ἔση ψηλαφῶν μεσημβρίας ὠς εἴ τις ψηλαφήσαι τυφλὸς ἐν τῷ σκότει, "Thou shall grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness." The teaching, therefore, of the passage is that, though God was very near to every man, and had not left himself without abundant witness in his manifold gifts, yet, through the blindness of the heathen, they had to feel their way uncertainly toward God. In this fact lies the need of a revelation, as it follows ver. 30, etc. And hence part at least of the significance of such passages as, "Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8); "Who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9 ); "God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6), and many more like passages.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [ God intended that ] they would seekζητεῖν (zētein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot. [Him] Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [and] perhaps ἄρα (ara) Conjunction Strong's 687: A form of ara, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed. reach out for ψηλαφήσειαν (psēlaphēseian) Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 5584: From the base of psallo; to manipulate, i.e. Verify by contact; figuratively, to search for. Him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. find [Him], εὕροιεν (heuroien) Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. though καί (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. He is ὑπάρχοντα (hyparchonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). not οὐ (ou) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. far μακρὰν (makran) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3112: At a distance, far away, remote, alien. Feminine accusative case singular of makros; at a distance. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. each ἑκάστου (hekastou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. one ἑνὸς (henos) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. of us. ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links Acts 17:27 NIVActs 17:27 NLT Acts 17:27 ESV Acts 17:27 NASB Acts 17:27 KJV Acts 17:27 BibleApps.com Acts 17:27 Biblia Paralela Acts 17:27 Chinese Bible Acts 17:27 French Bible Acts 17:27 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord if (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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