Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. They know not what they do - If ignorance do not excuse a crime, it at least diminishes the atrocity of it. However, these persons well knew that they were crucifying an innocent man; but they did not know that, by this act of theirs, they were bringing down on themselves and on their country the heaviest judgments of God. In the prayer, Father, forgive them! that word of prophecy was fulfilled, He made intercession for the transgressors, Isaiah 53:12.
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Luke 23:34
34 Then said Jesus,Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.