“ Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance.

弟兄们，我晓得你们做这事是出于不知，你们的官长也是如此。

“如今，弟兄们，我知道你们做这事是出于无知，你们的官长也是如此。

“如今，弟兄们，我知道你们做这事是出于无知，你们的官长也是如此。

“弟兄们，我知道你们的所作所为是出于无知，你们的官长也是一样。

弟兄们，我知道你们所作的，是出于无知，你们的官长也是这样。

“同胞们，现在我知道，你们所做的是出于愚昧无知，就像你们的首领那样。

弟兄們，我曉得你們做這事是出於不知，你們的官長也是如此。

「如今，弟兄們，我知道你們做這事是出於無知，你們的官長也是如此。

「如今，弟兄們，我知道你們做這事是出於無知，你們的官長也是如此。

「弟兄們，我知道你們的所作所為是出於無知，你們的官長也是一樣。

弟兄們，我知道你們所作的，是出於無知，你們的官長也是這樣。

『如今弟兄們，我知道你們是由於無知而作的，也像你們的議員一樣。

「同胞們，現在我知道，你們所做的是出於愚昧無知，就像你們的首領那樣。

兄弟乎、今我知爾所行、由於不知、爾之有司亦然、

兄弟乎、今我知爾所行、出於不知耳、爾之有司亦猶是、

兄弟乎、我知爾行此、乃出於無知、爾之有司亦如是、

兄弟乎！吾知爾之所為、誠出無知、有司亦然、

“ Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

“ My fellow Israelites, I know you didn’t realize what you were doing. Neither did your leaders.

“ And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

“ And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

“ And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers also did.

“ Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

“ And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

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

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

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

The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath.

Jesus said,“ Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.

even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.

This is because they have never known the Father or me.

But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.

But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don’t know which is better.

“ This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Abimelech answered.“ I have no idea who is responsible. You have never complained about this before.”

But Joseph refused.“ Look,” he told her,“ my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.

If the mistake was made unintentionally, and the community was unaware of it, the whole community must present a young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It must be offered along with its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering and with one male goat for a sin offering.With it the priest will purify the whole community of Israel, making them right with the Lord, and they will be forgiven. For it was an unintentional sin, and they have corrected it with their offerings to the Lord— the special gift and the sin offering.The whole community of Israel will be forgiven, including the foreigners living among you, for all the people were involved in the sin.“ If one individual commits an unintentional sin, the guilty person must bring a one year old female goat for a sin offering.The priest will sacrifice it to purify the guilty person before the Lord, and that person will be forgiven.These same instructions apply both to native born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.“ But those who brazenly violate the Lord’s will, whether native born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the Lord, and they must be cut off from the community.Since they have treated the Lord’s word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his command, they must be completely cut off and suffer the punishment for their guilt.”

But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear; no one will know where he comes from.”

When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron.“ Come on,” they said,“ make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”

They told Aaron,‘ Make us some gods who can lead us, for we don’t know what has become of this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt.’

“ I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.

“ What have you done?” Joseph demanded.“ Don’t you know that a man like me can predict the future?”

No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said,

They replied,“ Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself— no prophet ever comes from Galilee!”[ The most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7:53–8:11.]

But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.

Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”