Acts 3:17

17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

Acts 3:17 in Other Translations

17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

17 "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

17 “Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance.

17 "And now, friends, I know you had no idea what you were doing when you killed Jesus, and neither did your leaders.

17 "And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

Acts 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:17

And now, brethren
He calls them brethren, because they were so according to the flesh; and to testify his cordial love and affection for them. I wot,
or "I know", that through ignorance ye did it;
delivered up Jesus into the hands of Pilate; denied him to be the Messiah before him; preferred a murderer to him, and put him to death. As did also your rulers;
the members of the sanhedrim, some of them; see ( 1 Corinthians 2:8 ) for others of them knew him to be the Messiah, to be sent of God, by the miracles he did, and yet blasphemously ascribed them to Satan; and so sinning against light and knowledge, in such a malicious manner, sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost, to which ignorance is here opposed; and which did not excuse from sin: nor was it itself without sin; nor is it opposed to any sin, but to this now mentioned.

Acts 3:17 In-Context

15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.

17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer.

19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 22:5
• 2. Luke 23:34
• 3. Acts 13:27