Acts 17:30

therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,

Literal Standard Version

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

29Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, [an] engraving of art and imagination of man;

31because He set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a Man whom He ordained, having given assurance to all, having raised Him out of the dead.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:12The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, || If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”

Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”

Mark 1:15and saying, “The time has been fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near, convert and believe in the good news.”

Luke 13:5No—I say to you, but if you may not convert, all you will perish in like manner.”

Luke 24:47and conversion and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His Name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

Acts 11:18And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, “Then, indeed, God also gave conversion to life to the nations.”

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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