acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: - Free Bible Online

acts 17:30 "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent,


      30. the times of this ignorance God winked at--literally (and far better), "overlooked," that is, bore with, without interposing to punish it, otherwise than suffering the debasing tendency of such worship to develop itself (compare Ac 14:16, and see on Ro 1:24, &c.).
      but now--that a new light was risen upon the world.
      commandeth--"That duty--all along lying upon man estranged from his Creator, but hitherto only silently recommending itself and little felt--is now peremptory."
      all men every where to repent--(compare Col 1:6, 23; Tit 1:11) --a tacit allusion to the narrow precincts of favored Judaism, within which immediate and entire repentance was ever urged. The word "repentance" is here used (as in Lu 13:3, 5; 15:10) in its most comprehensive sense of "repentance unto life."

JFB.


Questions Related to this Verse

Where in Scripture does it mention That God is slow to anger?

Where in Scripture does it mention The mercy of God?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Ignorance?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Repenting?

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