Acts 17:27
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:
Context
This verse from Acts Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. At Thessalonica Paul argues from Scripture that the Christ had to suffer and rise; some believe but a mob attacks Jason's house. At Beroea the Jews are more noble, examining Scripture daily. At Athens, Paul on the Areopagus: the unknown …
Other Translations
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:
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, --though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Cross References
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is …
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much …
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill …
Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, …
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful …
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there …
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.