ACTS 17:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”
From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times (kairos) and exact places where they should live — Paul's universal humanism (ex henos, from one man) establishes human fundamental equality and shared origin. The divine sovereignty over historical epochs (kairos) and geography suggests providence ordering history toward reconciliation.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:26
dwells not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24, neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything — do you observe how, little by little, he brings in the philosophy? How he ridicules the heathen error? seeing it is He that gives to all life, and breath, and all things; and has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. This is peculiar to God. Look, then, whether these things may not be predicated of the Son also.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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