Acts 17:30

King James Version (KJV)

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Translations

Acts 17:30 - Amplified Bible

Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored {and} allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),

Acts 17:30 - American Standard Version

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

Acts 17:30 - Bible in Basic English

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:

Acts 17:30 - Darby Bible

God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

Acts 17:30 - English Standard Version

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 17:30 - King James Version

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Acts 17:30 - La Biblia de las Americas

Por tanto, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de ignorancia, Dios declara ahora a todos los hombres, en todas partes, que se arrepientan,

Acts 17:30 - The Message

"God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better—but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he’s calling for a radical life-change. He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right. And he has already appointed the judge, confirming him before everyone by raising him from the dead."

Acts 17:30 - New American Standard Bible

~"Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all {people} everywhere should repent,

Acts 17:30 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Por tanto, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de ignorancia, Dios declara ahora a todos los hombres, en todas partes, que se arrepientan.

Acts 17:30 - World English Bible

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all men everywhere should repent,

Acts 17:30 - Young's Living Translation

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

Acts 17:30 - Additional Comments

- having overlooked the times of ignorance
" The long period before the preaching of the Gospel, when men were ignorant of the true God
" Because they had no written revelation
" Overlooked = looked beyond
o God, when He was giving partial revelation (OT) to the Jews only, looked beyond to the time when the revelation of His will would be complete (NT) and be made to all (Gentiles & Jews)
o Instead of wiping out all sinners, God patiently worked toward the time when there would be full revelation of His will.
o That time is now!
- God is declaring to men that all everywhere should repent
Why? Men will be judged (verse 31)

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