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Acts 17:26

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He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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Acts 17:26 in other translations

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 17:26 · American Standard Version

Acts 17:26 in context

  1. 24The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
  2. 25He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
  3. 26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
  4. 27that 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.
  5. 28‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’