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:
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Gill's Exposition
That they should seek the Lord,.... Or "God", as the Alexandrian copy and others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read; their Creator, and kind Benefactor, and who has appointed…
Barnes' Notes
That they should seek the Lord - Greek: to seek the Lord. The design of thus placing them on the earth - of gang them their habitation among his works - was, that they should contemplate his wisdom in…
Adam Clarke
That they should seek the Lord - This is a conclusion drawn from the preceding statement. God, who is infinitely great and self-sufficient, has manifested himself as the maker of the world, the…
We have here St. Paul's sermon at Athens. Divers sermons we have had, which the apostles preached to the Jews, or such Gentiles as had an acquaintance with and veneration for the Old Testament, and…
Cambridge Bible
that they should seek the Lord The best authorities read "seek God." This was the lesson which God meant His creation and providence to teach, that through His works men should see Him.
if haply they…
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