Acts 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

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Referenced Verses

Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
Acts 13:27 : 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
1 Tim 1:13 : 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Acts 7:40 : 40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
John 7:26-27 : 26 And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ? 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
John 7:52 : 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Gen 21:26 : 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.
Gen 39:8 : 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:
Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
Exod 32:1 : 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Num 15:24-31 : 24 then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error: 26 and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly. 27 And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
Num 22:6 : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
2 Cor 3:14 : 14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.
Phil 1:22 : 22 But if to live in the [flesh,—] [if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.
Acts 26:9 : 9 I verily {G3303} thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Rom 11:2 : 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Acts 3:18
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18But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he {G4137} thus fulfilled.
Acts 13:27
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27For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
Acts 3:13-16
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13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied {G846} before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
15and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16And by faith in his name hath his name made this man strong, whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is through him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 2:22-23
2 verses
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22Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;
23him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
1 Pet 2:15
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15For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Acts 2:36
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36Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.
Acts 13:38
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38Be it known unto you therefore, {G435} brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:
1 Tim 1:13
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13though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
Luke 23:34
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34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
1 Cor 2:8
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8which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
Num 15:25-26
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25And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error:
26and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
Acts 17:23
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23For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.
Acts 4:13
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13Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 17:30
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30{G3303} The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
1 Thess 2:14
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14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
1 Cor 12:1-2
2 verses
69%
1Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2Ye know that when ye were Gentiles [ye were] led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever {G302} ye might led.
Acts 23:5
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5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.
Acts 22:19
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19And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I {G2252} imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Rom 10:2
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2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Acts 4:7-10
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7And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
9if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;
10be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] in him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Gal 4:8
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8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
Eph 4:18
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18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
Num 15:28-29
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68%
28And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
29Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Acts 10:37
68%
37that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts 4:27
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27for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
John 16:3
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3And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Rom 11:30
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30For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Acts 5:30
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30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.
1 Pet 1:14
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14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:
Lev 4:27
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27And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty;
Acts 8:23
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23For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
Lev 4:22
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22When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
John 7:49
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49But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
1 Cor 14:38
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38But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Matt 27:18
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18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
Heb 5:2
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2who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;
Lev 5:18
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18And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.
Rom 1:13
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13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
John 11:49
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49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Acts 13:11
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11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.