26 From one man[a] He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.(A) 27 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.(B) 28 For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’[b](C)

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  1. Acts 17:26 Other mss read one blood
  2. Acts 17:28 This citation is from Aratus, a third-century b.c. Gk poet.

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A) 27 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.(B) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](C) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]

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  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus