Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
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Study Note
Paul's Areopagus speech concludes its historical-theological survey with the declaration: 'the times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.' The phrase 'times of ignorance' (chronous tes agnoias) does not excuse Gentile idolatry morally (as Romans 1:18-32 clarifies) but rather describes the period of universal, unchallenged divine address before the gospel's proclamation. The shift from 'overlooked' to 'now commands' marks the eschatological transition effected by the resurrection (verse 31): the standard by which all will be judged is now publicly revealed in Christ. The verse is significant for mission theology: the universal command to repent establishes an obligation — not merely an invitation — that the proclamation of the resurrection creates.
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The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
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And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that …
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to …
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. …
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.