Acts 17:30

Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

In Context

29Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man.

31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark 1:15and saying: The time has fully come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the gospel.

Luke 13:5I tell you, No; but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Acts 11:18And when they heard these things, they ceased to contend; and they glorified God, saying: Then, indeed, has God given to the Gentiles also repentance in order to life.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32

Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →

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