Acts 17:26

New Living Translation

From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Cross References

Genesis 3:20

Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.

Genesis 9:19

From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

Job 12:23

He builds up nations, and he destroys them. He expands nations, and he abandons them.

Job 14:5

You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.

Psalm 31:15

My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.

Psalm 74:17

You set the boundaries of the earth, and you made both summer and winter.

Isaiah 14:31

Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities! Melt with fear, you Philistines! A powerful army comes like smoke from the north. Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.

Isaiah 34:17

He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess it forever, from generation to generation.

Isaiah 45:21

Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the Lord? For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me.

Jeremiah 27:5

With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

Daniel 11:27

Seeking nothing but each other’s harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for the end will come at the appointed time.

Daniel 11:35

And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.

Malachi 2:10

Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?

Acts 14:17

but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.”

Acts 15:18

he who made these things known so long ago.’

1 Corinthians 15:22

Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

1 Corinthians 15:47

Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.

Hebrews 2:3

So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?