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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:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

That they should seek God (Ζητειν τον θεον). Infinitive (present active) of purpose again. Seek him, not turn away from him as the…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That they should seek the Lord. The Greek is: To seek the Lord. The design of thus placing them on the earth—of giving them their…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him.—The word for “feel after” expresses strictly the …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The substance of the Athenian address concerns the nature of God and the responsibility of human beings to God. Contrary to all pantheistic and pol…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

That they might seek God. This sentence has two parts: namely, that it is humanity's duty to seek God, and secondly, that God himself come…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

That they should seek the Lord
Or "God", as the Alexandrian copy and others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have a sermon addre ed to heathens, who worshipped false gods and were without the true God in the world. For them, the scope of the discou…

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