Acts 17:30

Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,

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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, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold or silver or stone—something shaped by human skill and imagination.

31because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

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Cross References

Matthew 4:17From then on Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”

Mark 1:15and saying: “The time has been fulfilled and the Kingdom of God has approached. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”

Luke 13:5Not at all, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all likewise perish!”

Luke 24:47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 11:18Upon hearing these things they acquiesced and started glorifying God, saying, “So then, God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance into 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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