26, 27. and hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all
the face of the earth--Holding with the Old Testament teaching, that
in the blood is the life
(Ge 9:4;
Le 17:11;
De 12:23),
the apostle sees this life stream of the whole human race to be one,
flowing from one source [BAUMGARTEN].
and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation--The apostle here opposes both Stoical Fate and Epicurean
Chance, ascribing the periods and localities in which men and
nations flourish to the sovereign will and prearrangements of a living
God.
JFB.
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