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Acts 3:17

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

KJV

καὶ νῦν, ἀδελφοί, οἶδα ὅτι κατὰ ἄγνοιαν ἐπράξατε, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν·

Greek NT

Et nunc, fratres, scio quia per ignorantiam fecistis, sicut et principes vestri.

Vulgate

And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

ASV

And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πράσσω
prasso
verb · 39×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἄγνοια
agnoia
noun · 4×
ἄρχων
archon
noun · 37×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὥσπερ
osper
adverb · 36×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§597The historical complexity of Jesus' trial is apparent in the Gospel accounts. the personal sin of the participants (Judas, the Sanhedrin, Pilate) is known to God alone. Hence we cannot lay responsibility for the trial on the Jews in Jerusalem as a whole, despite the outcry of a manipulated crowd and the global reproaches contained in the apostles' calls to conversion after Pent…
§600To God, all moments of time are present in their immediacy. When therefore he establishes his eternal plan of "predestination", he includes in it each person's free response to his grace: "In this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, to do whatever your ha…
1. A marvelous thing is longsuffering; it places the soul as in a quiet harbor, fleeing it from tossings and evil spirits. And this everywhere Christ has taught us, but especially now, when He is judged, and dragged, and led about. For when He was brought to Annas, He answered with great gentleness, and, to the servant who smote Him, said what had power to bring down all his in…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:8 — Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
  • Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
  • John 16:3 — And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
  • Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
  • Phil 1:22 — But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.