Acts 17:31
For he has set a time when he will rightly judge the world by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone that he is the one by raising him from the dead.”
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30God disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent.
Cross References
Psalms 96:13In fact, let everything that stands before the Lord sing praises, for he is coming, coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the nations with his truth.
Matthew 10:15I tell you the truth, it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah at the Day of Judgment than for that town!
Luke 24:46He told them, “It was written like this: the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in his name
Acts 2:23God, knowing beforehand what would happen, followed his plan and resolved to hand him over to you. By means of the hands of wicked men, you killed him by nailing him to a cross.
Acts 3:15You killed the author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this.
Acts 5:30The God of our forefathers raised Jesus from the dead—the one you killed by hanging him on a cross.
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 →