Acts Chapter 3 verse 17 Holy Bible
And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
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And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.
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And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;
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And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
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"Now, brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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`And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did `it', as also your rulers;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - In for through, A.V. I wot that in ignorance, etc. Mark the inimitable skill and tenderness with which he who had just wounded by his sharp rebuke now binds up the wound. All sternness and uncompromising severity before, he is all gentleness and indulgence now. They were only "men of Israel" in ver. 12, now they are "brethren." He has an excuse for their grievous sin. They did it in ignorance (comp. Luke 23:33; 1 Timothy 1:13). Only let them see their error and repent of what they had done, and their forgiveness was sure.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) I wot that through ignorance ye did it.--The Rhemish is the only version which substitutes "I know" for the now obsolete "I wot." St. Peter's treatment of the relation of "ignorance" to "guilt" is in exact agreement with St. Paul's, both in his judgment of his own past offences (1Timothy 6:13) and in that which he passed on the Gentile world (Acts xvii 30). Men were ignorant where they might have known, if they had not allowed prejudice and passion to over-power the witness borne by reason and conscience. Their ignorance was not invincible, and therefore they needed to repent of what they had done in the times of that ignorance. But because it was ignorance, repentance was not impossible. Even the people and rulers of Israel, though their sin was greater, came within the range of the prayer, offered in the first instance for the Roman soldiers: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (See Note on Luke 23:34.)
