At this point Paul declared: “God has overlooked the times of such ignorance [as of men’s worshiping idols], yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. ” ​ — Acts 17: 30.
स्पष्ट रूप से, उस श्रोतागण के लिए पछतावा एक चौंका देनेवाली धारणा होती ।