Verse 17
17. At the climax of the crime Peter skilfully and gently places the palliation.
Brethren Descendants of the same our fathers, Acts 3:13.
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Ignorance How far excusable, see note on Luke 23:34. Repentance is not the child of despair; and so Peter softens his language in order to melt these hearts to a genial penitence. But if ignorance retained them within the scope of pardon, it is full time for them now to know, Acts 2:36. A preached Gospel brings its new responsibilities, and under liabilities to deeper condemnation.
Also… rulers Brought in to prepare the next remark. Christ’s death, both as a private and a state procedure, wrought through a common ignorance, was foreseen by God and interwoven into his divine plan.
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