Acts 17:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Acts 17:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the times of this ignorance - The long period when people were ignorant of the true God, and when they worshipped stocks and stones. Paul here refers to the times preceding the gospel. God...

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• Acts 17:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (15) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: (15) The oldness of the error does not excuse those that err, but it commends and sets forth the...

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• Acts 17:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul's Speech to the Areopagus. He opens with a compliment to the religiosity of the Athenians. He has walked up and down the city and marked the many objects of worship; he has also found an altar...

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• Acts 17:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  And, &c . Literally The times indeed therefore of ignorance. winked at; but . having overlooked. Greek. hupereidon. Only here. now . Emphatic. See note on Acts 4:29 . commandeth . Greek...

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• Acts 17:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 30. And the times of this ignorance Because that is commonly thought to be good which hath been used of long time, and is approved by the common consent of all men; it might have been obje...

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• Acts 17:30 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1790 REPENTANCE ENJOINED Acts 17:30 . The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent . THIS is one of the most celebrated discourses in a...

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• Acts 17:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: The times of this ignorance God winked at - He who has an indisputable right to demand the worship of...

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• Acts 17:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The times of this ignorance God winked at;— The original 'Υπεριδαν, signifies overlooked; that is, he did not appear to take notice of them, by sending express messages to them, as he did to the...

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• Acts 17:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: And the times of this ignorance God winked at, х huperidoon ( G5237 )] - literally, and be...

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• Acts 17:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Second Missionary Journey (continued) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. Apollonia ] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. Thessalonica ] now Salonika, was the capital of the...

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• Acts 17:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at. — Better, perhaps, overlooked, the English phrase, though vivid, being somewhat too familiar, and suggesting; strictly taken, not merely tolerance,...

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• Acts 17:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia...

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• Acts 17:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the One Living and True God Acts 17:22-34 The gospel preacher must avail himself of any circumstance in his surroundings that will enable him to arrest the attention of his audience. He must me...

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• Acts 17:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapi...

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• Acts 17:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 wi...

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• Acts 17:30 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  AN UNIVERSAL COMMAND ‘And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.’ Acts 17:30 The time of ignorance, during which there had been merciful...

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• Acts 17:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at ,.... Not that he approved of, or encouraged such blindness and folly, as appeared among the Gentiles, when they worshipped idols of gold, silver, and s...

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• Acts 17:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Ver. 30. God winked at ] Regarded not. God accounted the times of paganism before Christ (for all...

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• Acts 17:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the times of this ignorance What! Does he object ignorance to the learned and knowing Athenians? Yes, and they acknowledged it by this very altar; God winked at Greek, υπεριδων, having over...

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• Acts 17:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...

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• Acts 17:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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 t...

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• Acts 17:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The times of this ignorance God winked at; to prevent an objection, lest any should think that they might continue in their unbelief, and fare as well as their progenitors, God is said to have over...

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• Acts 17:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Effective Ministry in Athens (17:15-34). His Berean guides saw Paul safely to Athens. This had not been where he was originally aiming for. After Thessalonica his intention had probably been to pr...

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• Acts 17:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 17:22 . Too superstitions .—Somewhat superstitious (R.V.); better, more god-fearing , more religious ( sc. , than others)— i.e. , unusually religious; though the word has...

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• Acts 17:30 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Repent Repentance is the translation of a (Greek, "metanoeō") "metanoia-metanoeo", which means "to have another mind," "to change the mind," and is used in the New Testament to indicate a cha...

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• Acts 17:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 17:26-31 St. Paul at Athens. I. The Jewish nation had existed to be a witness for this universal fellowship among the nations. It had existed as a witness against that which tended to divide...

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• Acts 17:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 17:1 . When they had passed through Amphipolis. Boiste adds the Roman name Emboli. It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was...

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• Acts 17:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena Paul at Athens I. The place which the apostle visited. Athens. II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the ma...

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• Acts 17:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 17:1 Amphipolis . This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12 , note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four mil...

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• Acts 17:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The conclusion of Paul and the effect of his sermon:

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• Acts 17:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:14 ; 1 Peter 1:15 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; Acts 11:18 ; Acts 14:16 ; Acts 20:21 ; Acts 26:17-20 ; Acts 3:19 ; Ephesians 4:17 ; Ephesians 5:6-8 ; Luke 13:5 ; Luke 15...

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• Acts 17:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The times of ignorance — What! does he object ignorance to the knowing Athenians? Yes, and they acknowledge it by this very altar. God overlooked — As one paraphrases, "The beams of his eye did in...

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