Acts 17:26-34 ▼

26 he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

27 by which they might enquire, and by due reflection investigate the supreme being, although he be not far from every one of us: for in him we live,

28 are moved, and do exist: even as some of your own poets have said, WE ARE EVEN HIS OFFSPRING.

29 since then we are the offspring of God, we should not imagine that the Deity bears any resemblance to the form which Gold, or Silver, or Stone has receiv'd from human art and industry.

30 God has been pleas'd to over-look this state of ignorance: but now he enjoins all men every where to repent:

31 because he has fix'd the day, when he will judge in equity, by that man, whom he has appointed thereto: of which he has given full proof to all the world, by having raised him from the dead."

32 When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some made it a matter of ridicule: others said, we will hear you again upon this subject;

33 upon which Paul left the assembly.

34 however, there were some who adher'd to him, as Denis the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.