Acts 3:17 - Exposition

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 verse 12, now they are "brethren." He has an excuse for their grievous sin. They did it in ignorance (comp. Luke 23:1-56 . 33; 1 Timothy 1:13 ). Only let them see their error and repent of what they had done, and their forgiveness was sure.