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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.
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Groping in the Dark
Commentators explain that the phrase "feel after him" (Greek: psēlaphaō) paints a vivid picture of a blind person groping in the dark. This illustrates the human condition without specific revelation—a sincere but fumbling and uncertain search for God. The verse suggests that while finding God through nature is possible, it is a difficult and obscure path, highlighting the need for God's direct revelation in Christ.
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18th Century
Theologian
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…
That they should seek God (Ζητειν τον θεον). Infinitive (present active) of purpose again. Seek him, not turn away from him as the…
19th Century
Bishop
Should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him.—The word for “feel after” expresses strictly the …
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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…
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…
17th Century
Pastor
That they should seek the Lord Or "God", as the Alexandrian copy and others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versi…
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Here we have a sermon addressed to heathens, who worshipped false gods and were without the true God in the world. For them, the scope of the disco…