That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Ver. 27. They might feel after him] Grope after him, as blind men, ψηλαφησειαν. The apostle dealing here with philosophers, disputes philosophically, showing them, most learnedly and divinely, the true use of natural philosophy, which they were utterly ignorant of. Crucifer oft contemplated the footsteps of God in the creature, saying with Paul, that God was so near unto us that he might be almost felt with hands.
Though he be not far] Not so far as the bark is from the tree, the skin from the flesh, or the flesh from the bones. Deus intimior nobis intimo nostro. He is nearer to us than we are to ourselves, though we see him not. (Bugentag.) Like as if one hear a preacher by night, though he see him not, yet he knows he is there present; so in this case.