Study it in the app“and he made from one every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed times and the boundaries of their dwelling,”
Paul in Athens: God needs no temples and is not far from anyoneWho God Is
andτεhe madeἐποίησένfromἐξoneἑνὸςeveryπᾶνnationἔθνοςof humanityἀνθρώπωνto liveκατοικεῖνonἐπὶallπαντὸςthe faceπροσώπουof the earth,τῆς γῆςhaving determinedὁρίσαςappointedπροστεταγμένουςtimesκαιροὺςandκαὶthe boundariesτὰς ὁροθεσίαςof theirαὐτῶνdwelling,τῆς κατοικίας
make
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “epoiēsen” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “henos” appearsnation
A people with its own land, language and customs.
Where else “ethnos” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appearsdwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikein” appearsface
The front of the head, where the eyes and the expression are seen.
Where else “prosōpou” appearsearth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appearsdetermine, appoint
Determine, appoint, designate; also mark off a boundary.
Where else “horisas” appearscommand
Order, command.
Where else “prostetagmenous” appearsright time
The right moment for something.
Where else “kairous” appearsboundary
Boundary, fixed limit.
Where else “horothesias” appearsdwelling place
Dwelling place, place where one lives.
Where else “katoikias” appears25nor is he served by human hands, as though needing anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
26 · This verse (above)
27to seek God, if perhaps they might grope for him and find him; and yet he is not far from each one of us.
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?
