πάντας for πᾶσι with אABD. Vulg. ‘hominibus ut omnes.’

30. τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς�, the times of ignorance therefore God overlooked but, &c., i.e. God has not imputed unto men the errors which they committed in ignorance. But now the case is changed. Men cannot plead ignorance who have heard of Christ. Cf. Luke 12:48.

For the sentiment cf. also Sir 28:7, μνήσθητι … διαθήκην ὑψίστου καὶ πάριδε ἄγνοιαν, where the A.V. translates (as here) ‘wink at ignorance,’ meaning ‘pass over offences committed through it,’ and so imitate the Most High.

τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς�, now He commandeth men that they all everywhere should repent. ‘Repentance’ here means the amendment of the lives which they have been leading wrongly through ignorance.

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