Acts 17:30 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 17:30

28 for ^ain Him we live and move and have our being, ^bas also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, ^awe ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.

30 Truly, ^athese times of ignorance God overlooked, but ^bnow commands all men everywhere to repent,

31 because He has appointed a day on which ^aHe will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by ^braising Him from the dead.”

32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.”

33 So Paul departed from among them.

Verse Comparison: Acts 17:30

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

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),

Contemporary English Version
In the past, God forgave all this because people did not know what they were doing. But now he says that everyone everywhere must turn to him.

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

Good News Bible
God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.

International Standard Version
Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

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

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

New International Version
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

New King James Version
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now declares to men that all people everywhere should repent,

Young's Literal Translation
the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

New English Translation
Therefore, although God has overlooked¹ such times of ignorance,² he now commands all people³ everywhere to repent,⁴

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