What Does Acts 17:27 Mean?

“That they should seek”

to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by hebraism) to worship (god), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Lord”

supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)

“if”

if, whether, that, etc

“haply”

a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)

doubtless, since

“they might feel”

to manipulate, i.e., verify by contact; figuratively, to search for

“after him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“find him”

to find (literally or figuratively)

“though”

and yet indeed, i.e., although really

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“far”

at a distance (literally or figuratively)

“from”

"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

“one”

one

“every”

each or every

“of us”

of (or from) us

“he be”

to begin under (quietly), i.e., come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, particip