Acts 17:26
Context| NETBible | 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 |
| XREF | Ge 3:20; Ge 9:19; De 32:7,8; Job 14:5; Ps 31:15; Isa 14:31; Isa 45:21; Da 11:27,35; Mal 2:10; Ac 15:18; Ro 5:12-19; 1Co 15:22,47; Heb 2:3 |
| NET © Notes |
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. |
