Acts 3:18

"“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers."

Key Reflection

Peter acknowledges both the disciples and their leaders acted in ignorance due to a lack of understanding regarding God's plan for salvation through Jesus Christ. This admission underscores the broader theme that even those with authority or faith can miss divine truths until they are revealed and understood more fully.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 18. But those things. To wit, those things that did actually occur, pertaining to the life and death of the Messiah. Had shewed. Had announced, or foretold. By the mouth of all his prophets. That is, by the prophets in general, without affirming that each individual prophet had a distinct prediction respecting this. The prophets taken together, or the prophecies as a whole, had declared this. The word all is not unfrequently used in this somewhat limited sense, Mr 1:37; Joh 3:26. In regard to the prophecies respecting Christ, See Barnes "Lu 24:27". Hath so fulfilled. He has caused to be fulfilled in this manner; that is, by the rejection, denial, and wickedness of the rulers.

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