John Chrysostom

"And made," he says, "of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth." These things are better than the former: and what an impeachment both of the atoms and of matter, that creation is not partial work, nor the soul of man either. If God, He made all: but if He made not, He is not God. Gods that made not heaven and earth, let them perish. He introduces much greater doctrines, though as yet he does not mention the great doctrines; but he discoursed to them as unto children. …

Homily on Acts 38 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

"Having appointed predetermined times." He appointed so that they "would seek God," but not forever, rather for "predetermined times." Paul shows that, even without having found the Lord, they obtained Him. And since, in seeking Him, they did not find Him, he also shows that the Lord is as evident as some object examined in a conspicuous place, because it is impossible for heaven to be here but not be in another place; it is also impossible for it to exist at this time but not at another. …

Commentary on Acts ↗

Oecumenius

"Having appointed the times." He says, "Having appointed to seek God"; but he did not appoint this for all time, rather for appointed times, showing that they did not find him when they did not seek him now. For since when they sought, they did not find, he shows that he was revealed in such a way, as if toward something to be grasped in the middle; for the heaven was not here, but elsewhere. …

Commentary on Acts ↗

Bede

And he made from one every kind of human being. What he says from one is clear, because he means from one human being. But it is fuller in Greek: He made from one blood, which no one doubts means the same. For by the name of blood, he indicates the propagation of the flesh; and by the flesh, according to the usual manner of Scripture, he wants a human being to be understood according to that of the Psalmist: All flesh will come to you (Psalm 64).

Retractions on Acts ↗