Acts 3:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 23:34 : 34 [But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Acts 7:40 : 40 saying to Aaron,‘Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt– we do not know what has happened to him!’
  • John 7:26-27 : 26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
  • John 7:52 : 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
  • Gen 21:26 : 26 “I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife,“Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
  • Exod 32:1 : 1 The Sin of the Golden Calf When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him,“Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!”
  • Num 15:24-31 : 24 then if anything is done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the whole community must prepare one young bull for a burnt offering– for a pleasing aroma to the LORD– along with its grain offering and its customary drink offering, and one male goat for a purification offering. 25 And the priest is to make atonement for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their purification offering before the LORD, for their unintentional offense. 26 And the whole community of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense. 27 “‘If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering. 28 And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally– when he sins unintentionally before the LORD– to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. 29 You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them. 30 Deliberate Sin“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the LORD. That person must be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”
  • Num 22:6 : 6 So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.
  • Phil 1:22 : 22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads 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
    75%

    18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets– that his Christ would suffer– he has fulfilled in this way.

  • Acts 13:27
    75%

    27For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

  • Acts 3:13-16
    4 verses
    73%

    13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

    14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

    15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

    16And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

  • Acts 2:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–

    23this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

  • 1 Pet 2:15
    71%

    15For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

  • Acts 2:36
    70%

    36Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

  • Acts 13:38
    70%

    38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

  • 1 Tim 1:13
    70%

    13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

  • Luke 23:34
    70%

    34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

  • 1 Cor 2:8
    70%

    8None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • Num 15:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25And the priest is to make atonement for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their purification offering before the LORD, for their unintentional offense.

    26And the whole community of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense.

  • Acts 17:23
    70%

    23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

  • Acts 4:13
    70%

    13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

  • Acts 17:30
    70%

    30Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    69%

    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

  • 1 Cor 12:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

    2You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

  • Acts 23:5
    69%

    5Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

  • Acts 22:19
    69%

    19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

  • Rom 10:2
    69%

    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • Acts 4:7-10
    4 verses
    69%

    7After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

    10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

  • Gal 4:8
    68%

    8Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

  • Eph 4:18
    68%

    18They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • Num 15:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally– when he sins unintentionally before the LORD– to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

    29You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.

  • Acts 10:37
    68%

    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • Acts 4:27
    68%

    27“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

  • John 16:3
    68%

    3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

  • Rom 11:30
    68%

    30Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

  • Acts 5:30
    68%

    30The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    68%

    14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

  • Lev 4:27
    68%

    27For the Common Person“‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty

  • Acts 8:23
    68%

    23For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”

  • Lev 4:22
    68%

    22For the Leader“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the LORD his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,

  • John 7:49
    68%

    49But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”

  • 1 Cor 14:38
    67%

    38If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

  • Matt 27:18
    67%

    18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

  • Heb 5:2
    67%

    2He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

  • Lev 5:18
    67%

    18and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his error which he committed(although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven.

  • Rom 1:13
    67%

    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • John 11:49
    67%

    49Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,“You know nothing at all!

  • Acts 13:11
    67%

    11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.