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Acts 3:17

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And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
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  1. Luke 23:34Rank 1 from verse 17
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    34¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

  2. Acts 13:27Rank 2 from verse 17
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    27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

  3. 1 Corinthians 2:8Rank 3 from verse 17
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    8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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    3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  5. 1 Timothy 1:13Rank 5 from verse 17
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    13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Acts 3:17

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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wot

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To know; an older present-tense form.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

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18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

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