Acts 17:27

17:27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around 1  for him and find him, 2  though he is 3  not far from each one of us.

1 tn See BDAG 1097-98 s.v. ψηλαφάω, which lists “touch, handle” and “to feel around for, grope for” as possible meanings.

2 sn Perhaps grope around for him and find him. The pagans’ struggle to know God is the point here. Conscience alone is not good enough.

3 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντα (Juparconta) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.