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The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

The times of ignorance (τους χρονους της αγνοιας). The times before full knowledge of God came in Jesus Christ. Paul uses the very…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And the times of this ignorance. The long period when people were ignorant of the true God, and when they worshipped stocks and stones. Pa…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And the times of this ignorance God winked at.—Better, perhaps, overlooked, as the English phrase, though vivid,…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The climax of the address focuses on the progressive unfolding of redemption and the apex of that redemption in Jesus Christ. Since we are God’s “o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the times of this ignorance. Because it is commonly thought that whatever has been practiced for a long time and is approved by the co…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the times of this ignorance God winked at
Not that he approved of, or encouraged such blindness and folly, as ap…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have a sermon addre ed to heathens, who worshipped false gods and were without the true God in the world. For them, the scope of the discou…

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