26. God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.
27. “God wanted people to look for him, and perhaps in searching all around for him, they would find him. But he is not far from any of us.
28. It is through him that we are able to live, to do what we do, and to be who we are. As your own poets have said, ‘We all come from him.’
29. “That’s right. We all come from God. So you must not think that he is like something people imagine or make. He is not made of gold, silver, or stone.
30. In the past people did not understand God, and he overlooked this. But now he is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to him.
31. He has decided on a day when he will judge all the people in the world in a way that is fair. To do this he will use a man he chose long ago. And he has proved to everyone that this is the man to do it. He proved it by raising him from death!”
32. When the people heard about Jesus being raised from death, some of them laughed. But others said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”
33. So Paul left the council meeting.
34. But some of the people joined with Paul and became believers. Among these were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus council, a woman named Damaris, and some others.