Acts 3:17

3:17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

Acts 17:30

17:30 Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

sn The ignorance Peter mentions here does not excuse them from culpability. It was simply a way to say “you did not realize the great mistake you made.”

tn Or “has deliberately paid no attention to.”

tn Or “times when people did not know.”

tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

sn He now commands all people everywhere to repent. God was now asking all mankind to turn to him. No nation or race was excluded.