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Acts 3:17

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“My fellow Israelites, I know that you and your leaders didn’t realize what you were doing.

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Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they don’t know what they’re doing.” The soldiers divided up his clothes by casting lots.

The people of Jerusalem and their rulers didn’t recognize Jesus. By finding him guilty, they made the words of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath day, come true.

None of the rulers of this world understood God’s wisdom. If they had, they wouldn’t have nailed the Lord of glory to the cross.

They’ll do things like that because they don’t know the Father and they don’t know me.

I used to say insulting things about Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers, and I even used violence against them. But God had mercy on me because I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.

But they still don’t understand; to this day, the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. The veil has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

God didn’t reject his people, the ones he knew ahead of time. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the story of Elijah? Elijah complained to God about Israel and said,

“I used to think I should do everything I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

They told Aaron, ‘Make us a god who will lead us. That man Moses brought us up out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him!’

They answered, “Are you from Galilee too? Look into it—you’ll find that no prophet is going to come out of Galilee.”

If I go on living in my body, then I’ll be able to carry on my work, and it will bear a lot of fruit. But which one should I choose? I don’t know.

Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people.

They will treat you as they do because of my name, because they don’t know the one who sent me.

The high priest and the whole Council could tell you this themselves. I even asked them to write official letters to their friends in Damascus so I could go there and bring Jesus’ followers as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

They replied, “We haven’t received any letters from Judea about you. And none of our people who have come here from Judea has reported or said anything bad about you.

They have only a dim understanding, and they don’t appreciate what it’s like to follow God. They’re ignorant because their hearts are stubborn.




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