26. God began by making one man. From him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they must live.
27. God wanted them to look for him and perhaps search all around for him and find him. But he is not far from any of us:
28. ‘By his power we live and move and exist.’ Some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children.’
29. We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.
30. In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells everyone in the world to change his heart and life.
31. God has decided on a day that he will judge all the world. He will be fair. He will use a man to do this. God chose that man long ago. And God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from death!”
32. When the people heard about Jesus being raised from death, some of them laughed. They said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”
33. So Paul went away from them.
34. But some of the people believed Paul and joined him. One of those who believed was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus. Also a woman named Damaris and some others believed.