Acts 17:26

17:26 From one man ¹  he made every nation of the human race ²  to inhabit the entire earth, ³  determining their set times ⁴  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ⁵ 

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set ⁶  a day on which he is going to judge the world ⁷  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ⁸  having provided proof to everyone by raising ⁹  him from the dead.”

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¹ sn The one man refers to Adam (the word “man” is understood).

² tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.”

³ tn Grk “to live over all the face of the earth.”

⁴ tn BDAG 884-85 s.v. προστάσσω has “(οἱ) προστεταγμένοι καιροί (the) fixed times Ac 17:26” here, but since the following phrase is also translated “fixed limits,” this would seem redundant in English, so the word “set” has been used instead.

⁵ tn Grk “the boundaries of their habitation.” L&N 80.5 has “fixed limits of the places where they would live” for this phrase.

⁶ tn Or “fixed.”

⁷ sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

⁸ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

sn A man whom he designated. Jesus is put in the position of eschatological judge. As judge of the living and the dead, he possesses divine authority (Acts 10:42).

⁹ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.