17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
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Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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.
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)We have here the sermon which Peter preached after he had cured the lame man. When Peter saw it . 1. When he saw the people got together in a crowd, he took that opportunity to preach Christ to them, especially the temple being the place of their concourse, and Solomon’s porch there: let them come and hear a more excellent wisdom than Solomon’s, for, behold, a greater than Solomon is here preached…
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