Acts 17:27
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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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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageAmphipolis and Apollonia were Macedonian stops on Paul’s route to Thessalonica; Thessalonica and Berea were cities where he preached in synagogues before opposition drove him onward. Athens, home of the Areopagus council, frames Paul’s address declaring that God is near to all people, though they must seek him.
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Acts 17:27 mentions Amphipolis, Apollonia, Areopagus, Athens, Berea and Thessalonica.
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