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The Doctrine of Ignorance |
Rom
10:3 / John 13:7
In Romans 10:3 we see the ignorance of the unbeliever, while in John 13:7 we see the ignorance of the believer.
Ignorance is still ignorance regardless of your spiritual status.
Rom 10:3, "For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to
establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of
God.
Rom 10:3, "Pãíïï™íôåò ãNñ ôxí ôï™ èåï™ äéêáéïóýíçí êár ôxí käßáí [äéêáéïóýíçí] æçôï™íôåò
óôyóáé, ô† äéêáéïóýíw ôï™ èåï™ ïš÷ ›ðåôÜãçóáí·."
Rom 10:3, "Agnoountes gar ten tou theou dikaiosunen kai ten idian
[dikaiosunen] zetountes steps et dikaiosuen tou theou ouk hupetagesan."
John 13:7, "Jesus answered
and said to him (Peter), “What I do you do not realize now, but you will
understand hereafter.”
John 13:7, "Pðåêñßèç EÉçóï™ò êár åqðåí ášô², HÏ d㦠ðïé§ ó˜ ïšê ïqäáò Tñôé,
ãíþów äc ìåôN ôá™ôá."
John 13:7, "Apechrithe Iesous kai eipen auto, Ho ego poie su our oidas apti
gnose de meta tauta.”
From Romans 10:3 we see three things Paul
refers to regarding
1) They
did not know God's righteousness.
2) They
sought to establish their own righteousness.
3) They
did not submit to God's righteousness.
Interestingly
the number three speaks to divine perfection. But this verse begins with the
Greek negative prefix "A", in AGNOEO. Therefore what is
in this verse is the opposite of divine perfection.
The
first point has to do with "not
knowing". We get this from the Greek word AGNOEO.
PãíïÝù - agnoeoô; is from "A" (as a prefect negative) and "GINOSKO";
in the Present, Active, Participle, means to
be ignorant, not to know, have no knowledge, not to understand,
unknown, to err or sin through mistake, or to be wrong.
What was it that they were
ignorant of? They were ignorant of God's grace plan that would give them His
righteousness.
Now the
second point refers to "seeking to
establish their own righteousness". We get this from the Greek words ZETEO
and STESAI.
"Seeking"
is the Greek word ZETEO - æçôÝù; in the Present, Active, Participle means to seek, looking,
deliberating, demanding, inquire, made efforts, search, try,
attempt, or strive for. So what were they seeking to do? They were:
…
seeking/demanding/striving for their own righteousness from the works they were
performing under the Law. …
"Establish" is the Greek word STESAI - óôyóáé which comes from the Greek word HISTEMI and the root STA-
óôá. It means to make to stand, or to stand. So from these two words we
understand:
… They were
striving to make their own righteousness stand up under the scrutiny of God's
justice.
They
were placing their own righteousness on the scales of God's justice, demanding
that their own righteousness outweighed their sins thereby gaining God's
acceptance.
The third
point is that "they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God".
We understand this from the Greek words OUK and HUPOTASSO.
OUK is the Greek negative meaning “absolutely not”.
But they did not…
›ðïôÜóóù - hupotassoô; from (hupo; by or under) and (tassoô; from the primary root ôáã - tag-; to draw up in order,
arrange). So HUPOTASSO comes to mean to place or rank under, to subject, or
to obey. So what did they not do?
… voluntarily
place themselves under or obey God's plan and provisions for their
righteousness.
So
putting it all together we note that:
Remember
that what the righteousness of God demands, His justice satisfies. You see
sinful man can not satisfy the demands of God's righteousness. There is nothing
we can do to pay for or overcome our sins, either for bathing at salvation or
cleansing post salvation. Only God can satisfy His own perfect righteous
demands. God's perfect justice fulfilled His perfect righteous demands through
the efficacious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross. This is the
great tragedy of
So let
us understand more about this thing called ignorance.
Ignorance
Definition
from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary, Tenth Edition: Ignorance means the state or fact of being
ignorant.
Therefore
we need to understand the word "ignorant".
Ignorant
means:
1) Destitute of knowledge or
education, lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified.
2) Resulting from or showing a
lack of knowledge or intelligence, unaware, and uninformed.
3) It may imply a general
condition or it may apply to a lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular
thing.
4) It can be applied to
illiterate, unlettered, untutored and unlearned, which means not having
knowledge.
Illiterate applies to either an absolute
or a relative inability to read and write.
Unlettered implies ignorance of the
knowledge gained by reading.
Untutored implies lack of schooling in
the arts and ways of civilization.
Unlearned suggests ignorance of advanced
subjects.
From
these definitions we can see
Illiterate - Although many of the common
citizens of the time may not have been able to read or write, the Pharisees,
Scribes. and Sadducees could. They were highly educated people. With their
education they were responsible for teaching the commoners what the Bible had
to say about the Messiah. So illiteracy
is not the reason here for their ignorance.
Some of the Apostles may have been illiterate but the Lord was not, and
He taught them His Word day and night for three years. So although some may
have been illiterate, they still received the Word.
Unlettered - This implies the ability to
read, but due to various reasons, information is ignored and is not read or
comprehended. Therefore, the knowledge available from reading is not gained. In
the first sense this is not an excuse for the Pharisees because they did read
the Bible constantly. Their problem was faith. They did not mix what they read
with faith to receive the true and full knowledge found in the Word of God. So
in this sense they were unlettered, not because they did not read, but because
they did not understand what they read due to a lack of faith. For the
commoner, they most likely did not read their Bible nor mix it with faith.
Therefore, they were unlettered in both senses of the word. They did not know
what the Bible truly said. Look at the accusations of the Apostles, by others,
of being unlettered in Acts 4:13 (AGRAMMATOS)
Untutored – To reiterate, this is no excuse for the Pharisees, Scribes,
or Sadducees because they received much schooling in the Law. They had
opportunity to see the truth, but due to a lack of faith, they did not see the
truth. As for the commoners, they were unschooled academically but received
teaching from the Pharisees. Unfortunately the teaching they received regarding
the Law was false teaching. Nevertheless, even in a system of false teaching,
there is some truth between the lines. If anyone has true faith, they will see
through the inaccuracies, see the truth, and seek out more truth in faith. As
for the immature like Peter, he might have learned certain things but did not
know how to apply them in his life. On the other hand, the information may have
been presented but for some reason,not absorbed due to some form of
distraction. Therefore He did not understand the reason for our Lord washing
His feet. See Heb 5:13.
Heb 5:13, "For everyone who
partakes only of milk is not
accustomed (APEIROS
- without experience) to the word of
righteousness, for he is an infant."
Gal 3:23, "But before faith
came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up (closed in) to the faith which was later to
be revealed. 24Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be
justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer
under a tutor (the
Law)."
Unlearned - This is the ignorance most reflective
of all unbelievers. The Word of God is an advanced subject. It is the Divine
thinking of our Lord Jesus Christ. It takes divine teaching by God the Holy
Spirit for us to receive divine understanding. Everyone who desires to know the
truth will receive the truth through the teaching ministry of the Spirit. Those
who do not desire to know the truth will be unlearned regarding God's Word. See
2 Peter 3:16 and 2 Tim 2:23.
2 Peter 3:16, "As also in
all his letters, speaking
in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the
untaught (AMATHES
–not learned) and unstable to distort,
as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction."
2 Tim 2:23, "But refuse
foolish and ignorant (APAIDEUTOS - uninstructed) speculations, knowing that they produce
quarrels."
1 Cor 2:14, "But a natural
man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness
to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 15But
he who spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.
16For who has known the mind
of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of
Christ."
Rom 1:19, "Because that
which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to
them. 20For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being
understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21For
even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but
they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing to be wise, they became fools."
Acts 13:26, "Brethren, sons
of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of
this salvation has been sent. 27For those who live in Jerusalem, and
their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets
which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. 28And though they found no ground
for putting Him to death, they asked
Pilate that He be executed."
From the Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
1) Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. Ignorance is also the state of being ignorant
or uninformed. For example, "Bill
lost the debate because he was ignorant of that subject." In such a
case the term is not pejorative (demeaning), and may even be used as a
self-descriptive term, as in, "I am ignorant of English history."
2) Ignorance is also the choice
to not act or behave in accordance or with regard to certain information in
order to suit ones own needs or beliefs.
For example, "I know better, but I choose to ignore that and act in a
way that behooves me."
Here again we see the ignorance of the unbeliever,
especially those who read the Law or Bible, but twist its words to accomplish
their desires.
3) Ignorance is often
misinterpreted as a synonym of stupidity,
and is as thus often taken as an insult; when really, it is in its correct
form, not an insult at all, but a criticism.
The English word "ignorant" comes from two
Latin words: IN, meaning not, and GNARUS, meaning
knowing. Just as the Greek AGNOEO. Therefore, ignorance
is lack of knowledge about a thing in a being capable of knowing.
A famous saying and part of
American law is that "ignorance
is no excuse for the law." This means that regardless of ones
knowledge of the laws of the land, if you break the law you are guilty by it.
Your defense can not be, "I did
not know".
The concept comes from Roman law,
and is expressed in the BROCARD IGNORANTIA
LEGIS NON EXCUSAT (Ignorance
of the law is no excuse.). The essential public character of a law requires
that the law must apply to anyone in the jurisdiction where
the law applies. Thus, no one can justify his conduct on the grounds that he
was not aware of the law.
The same goes with salvation.
No one will have an excuse when it comes to the Great White Throne Judgement
Seat of Jesus Christ. John 15:22; Rom
1:20, Luke 14:16-21
Rom 1:20, "For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine
nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so
that they are without excuse."
Unfortunately
many wrongly believe that they have a good excuse for not accepting the Messiah
as noted in the parable of the Dinner Invitation. Luke 14:18, “But they all alike began to make excuses."
Ignorance
does not mean that information was not made available. Ignorance means information
is available, but the person chooses to ignore or reject it.
Gal 3:22, "But the
Scripture has shut up (enclosed or encapsulated) everyone under sin, (all have sinned according Rom 3:23; 5:12), so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who
believe. 23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the
law, (our tutor teaching
us about the Christ), being shut up (enclosed / encapsulated) to the faith which was later to be revealed."
The Law
told us what sin was and that we are all sinners. Therefore we are held guilty
by the Law. The Law also told us that God would send YEHOSHUA His Son to pay
for our sins. The Law told us to believe in God's promises. Therefore rejecting
YEHOSHUA,
Jesus Christ as the Savior Messiah is also in violation of the Law. The
information is available to all. Therefore ignorance is no excuse for the Law.
To further the definition,
there are three divisions of ignorance.
·
Ignorance of
Law - When one is unaware of the
existence of the law itself, or at least that a particular case is comprised
under its provisions.
·
Ignorance of
the Fact - When the thing itself or
some circumstance is unknown. This is not speaking about the relation of
something to the law, but the fact itself.
·
Ignorance of
Penalty - When a person is not
cognizant that a sanction has been attached to a particular crime. This is
especially to be considered when there is question of more serious punishment.
These
three divisions apply to every member of the human race in relationship to the
Savior.
1) We already noted that some
are "Ignorant of the Law", and that is no excuse.
2) "Ignorance of Facts"
speaks to the person who does not want to face their own depravity due to sin.
Instead of facing his sin and total depravity to save himself and be reconciled
to God through belief in the savior, he hides from his depravity and tries to
ignore it.
3) Next we have "Ignorance
of Penalty". This is the individual who tries to convince himself that
either there is no hell, or that there is nothing after death. Many wrongly
accept these two alternatives as fact thereby never coming to understand the
need of a Savior. But, as stated repeatedly throughout this doctrine, ignorance
of the fact of God's judgment, eternal condemnation in the
Rom 7:1, "Or do you not
know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the Law), that the Law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he
lives?"
We must also note that
ignorance may precede, accompany, or follow an act of our will. It is therefore
said to be antecedent, concomitant, or consequent. (Catholic Encyclopedia)
1.
Antecedent
Ignorance is in no sense voluntary,
neither is the act resulting from it; it precedes any voluntary failure to
inquire.
2.
Concomitant (accompaniment) Ignorance is concerned with the will to act in a given
contingency; it implies that the real character of what is done is unknown to
the agent, but his attitude is such that, were he acquainted with the actual
state of things, he would go on just the same.
3.
Consequent
Ignorance on the other hand, is so
called because it is the result of a perverse frame of mind; choosing either
directly or indirectly to be ignorant.
These three are seen in Acts 17:23 and Romans 1:21-23
Acts 17:23, "For while I
was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an
altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in
ignorance (AGNOEO), this I proclaim
to you." (Antecedent
Ignorance)
Rom 1:21, "For even though
they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, (Concomitant Ignorance) but they became futile
in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened, (Concomitant Ignorance). 22Professing to be wise, they
became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for
an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals
and crawling creatures, (Consequent
Ignorance)."
Regardless of the nature of
ignorance, there is and will be no excuse for anyone who does not come to the
saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev 20:11-15, "Then I saw a
great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and
heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. (You can run, but you can not hide.) 12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing
before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is
the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written
in the books, according to their deeds. (In
ignorance they thought they could achieve righteousness based on their human
good works.) 13And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead
which were in them; and they were judged, everyone of them according to their
deeds. 14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15And if anyone’s name
was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Exegesis of
Ignorance
Greek
AGNOEO - PãíïÝù - is a verb from, "A"
(as a neg. pref.) and "GINOSKO"; in the Present,
Active, Participle means to be ignorant, not to know, have no knowledge, not to
understand, unknown, to err or sin through mistake, to be wrong. Mark 9:32; Luke 9:45; Acts 13:27; 17:23;
Rom 1:13; 10:3; 11:25; 2:4; 6:3; 7:1; 1 Cor 10:1; 12:1; 14:38; 2 Cor 1:8; 2:11;
6:9; Gal 1:22; 1 Tim 1:13; 1 Thes 4:13; Heb 5:2; 2 Peter 2:12
Mark 9:31, "For He was
teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered
into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He
will rise three days later.” 32But they did not understand this
statement, and they were afraid to ask Him." w/ Luke 9:45
Acts 17:23, “For while I was
passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an
altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in
ignorance, this I proclaim to you."
1 Tim 1:13, "Even though I
(Paul speaking) was formerly a blasphemer and a
persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted
ignorantly in unbelief."
Romans 2:4, "Or do you
think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not
knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?"
Rom 6:3, "Or do you not
know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized
into His death?"
Rom 7:1, "Or do you not
know, brethren (for
I am speaking to those who know the law),
that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?"
2 Peter 2:12-15, "But
these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured
and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of
those creatures also be destroyed, suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong.
They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and
blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, having eyes
full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a
heart trained in greed, accursed children; forsaking the right way, they have
gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam."
AGNOIA - Tãíïéá - a
Noun meaning; ignorance, lack of knowledge or perception, especially of divine
things or of moral blindness. Acts
3:17; 17:30; Eph 4:18; 1 Peter 1:14
Eph 4:17-19, "So this I say,
and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles
also walk, in the futility of their mind, 18being darkened in their
understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is
in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 19and they, having
become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of
every kind of impurity with greediness."
1 Peter 1:14, "As obedient
children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your
ignorance."
AGNOSIA - Pãíùóßá - a
noun meaning ignorance, not knowing, no knowledge. 1 Cor 15:34; 1 Per 2:15.
1 Cor 15:34, "Become
sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God.
I speak this to your shame."
AGNOEMA - Pãíüçìá - a
noun meaning a sin of ignorance, ignorance, sins. A sin committed through
ignorance or thoughtlessness. Heb 9:7
Heb 9:6-7, "Now when these
things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer
tabernacle performing the divine worship, but into the second, only the high
priest enters once a year, not without taking
blood, which he offers for himself and
for the sins of the people committed in ignorance."
AGNOSTOS - Tãíùóôïò - an
adjective meaning unknown or forgotten. Acts
17:23
Acts 17:23, “For while I was
passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an
altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in
ignorance (AGNOEO), this I proclaim
to you."
IDIOTES - käéþôçò - a
private or unskilled person: ungifted, ungifted man, ungifted men, unskilled,
untrained. In the New Testament: An
unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated: one who is
unskilled in any art.
Unlearned, 1 Cor 14:16, 23-24 (a layman in contrast to a religious official).
Ignorant; Acts 4:13. Rude; 2 Cor 11:6
LANTHANO - ëáíèÜíù ô- to be hidden, to be hidden from one, secretly, unawares, without
knowing. 2 Peter 3:5, 8
2 Peter 3:5, "For when they
maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by
water, 6through which the world at that time was destroyed, being
flooded with water. 7But by His word the present heavens and earth are
being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of
ungodly men. 8But do not let this one fact escape your notice,
beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand
years like one day."
OUK OIDA - ïšê ïqäá - OUK is the Greek negative
meaning not. OIDA is the Perfect with present meaning tense of EIDO,
which means to see. So OIDA comes to
mean to have seen or perceived, hence to know. John 1:26; 3:8; 13:7; 19:10; Acts 19:32; Rom 6:16; 11:2; 8:26; 1 Cor 3:16;
5:6; several times in 1 Cor 6; Gal
4:8; 1 Tim 3:5; James 4:4; 1 John 2:11; Rev 3:17, and many others.
John 3: 8 “The wind
blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know
where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the
Spirit.”
John 19:10, "So
Pilate said* to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know
that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify
You?”"
Acts 19:32, "So then, some were
shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the
majority did not know for what reason they had come together."
1 Cor 3:16, "Do you not
know that you are a
Gal 4:8, "However at that
time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by
nature are no gods."
1John 2:11, "But the one
who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does
not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes."
Rev 3:17,
"‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of
nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and
poor and blind and naked."
ME OIDA - ìx ïqäá - ME
is also a Greek negative for no, or not. 1
Cor 14:11; 1 Thes 4:5; 2 Thes 1:8
1 Thes 4:5, "Not in lustful
passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God."
2 Thes 1:8, "Dealing out
retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey
the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
OUK GINOSKO - ïšê ãéíþóêù where GINOSKO means to come to know,
recognize, perceive. Luke 12:46; John
1:10; Acts 19:35; Rom 10:19; Phil 1:22; Heb 3:10; 1John 3:1; 4:8
John 1:10, "He was in the
world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know
Him."
1 John 4:8, "The one who
does not love does not know God, for God is love."
ME GINOSKO - ìx ãéíþóêù - Luke 12:48; 20:7; Rev 3:3
Luke 12:48,
"But the one who did not know it,
and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone
who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted
much, of him they will ask all the more."
OUK DOKIMAZO - ïšê äïêéìÜæù - OUK meaning not and DOKIMAZO
meaning to test, examine, prove, scrutinize (to see whether a thing is genuine
or not), as metals. To recognize as genuine after examination, to approve, deem
worthy. Combined it means to not test or examine or approve. Rom 1:28, "did not see fit".
OUK EPISTAMAI - ïšê dðßóôáìáé
- where EPISTAMAI means to know, to understand, to put one’s attention
on, fix one’s thoughts on, to turn one’s self or one’s mind to, put one’s
thought upon a thing, to be acquainted with, and is from the root word HISTEMI
which means to make a stand. So EPISTAMAI has the connotation of
"you don't know where you stand". James 4:14
James 4:14, "Yet you do not
know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes
away."
ME EPISTAMAI - ìx dðßóôáìáé - Heb 11:8
MEDEN EPISTAMAI - ìçäÝí dðßóôáìáé -
where MEDEN means no one, nothing. 1 Tim 6:4
1 Tim 6:4, "He is conceited and understands nothing;
but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about
words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil
suspicions."
OUTE OIDA, OUTE EPISTAMAI - ï¡ôå ïqäá, ï¡ôå dðßóôáìáé -
where OUTE is a compound from OUK and TE which means "and",
so OUTE
means "and not", "neither or nor". Mark 14:68
Hebrew
SHEGAGAH - shegaògaòh - äâˆâˆLÔ
- (sheg-aw-gaw')
From SHAGAG
- ââ‡LÜ;
meaning to go astray, err, commit sin or error, a mistake or inadvertent
transgression. So SHEGAGAH comes to mean error, ignorance, unaware, unwittingly;
regarding sins of ignorance.
Ignorance: Lev 4:2, 22, 27; 5:15, 18; Num 15:24-29 - Regarding sins of
ignorance.
Unawares: Num 35:11, 15; Josh 20:3, 9 - Regarding unintentional manslaughter
and the cities of refuge.
Error or Mistake: Eccl 5:6; 10:5 - Regarding sin(s)
Unwittingly or Unintentionally: Lev 22:14 - Regarding eating of the
offering.
The
Hebrew also uses a similar compound to the Greek for the word ignorant in the
phrase LA YEDA or LO YADA which means "not
or no", and "to know or know". Ezra 7:25; Psa 73:23; Isa 56:10; 63:16
Combined
it means “not knowing or ignorant.”
Some Famous
Quotes Regarding ~ Ignorance
·
"A truly
refined mind will seem to be ignorant of the existence of anything that is not
perfectly proper, placid, and pleasant." ~ Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
·
"An ignorant
man is always a slave." ~ Anonymous
·
"Deliberately
breaking rules is fine; ignoring them is not -- ignorance is bad." ~ Anonymous
·
"If ignorance
is bliss, you must be the happiest man alive." ~ Anonymous
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"If
ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face." ~ Zack de la Rocha
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"Ignorance
is the parent of fear." ~ Herman Melville,
Moby Dick
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"Lack of
knowledge is darker than night." ~ Anonymous
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"Man,"
I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!" ~ Mary
Shelley, Frankenstein
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"Man is
arrogant in proportion to his ignorance." ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron
Lytton
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"The most
violent element in society is ignorance." ~ Emma Goldman
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"To be
conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge." ~ Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil
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"Whoever
works without knowledge works uselessly." ~ Anonymous
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"Wonder is the
foundation of all philosophy, research is the means of all learning, and
ignorance is the end." ~ Michel de Montaigne
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"You can
swim all day in the
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"To be
ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of ignorance." ~ A.
Bronson Alcott
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"Light
travels faster than sound. That's why most people seem bright until you hear
them speak." ~ Anonymous
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"Only two
things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about
the former." ~ Albert Einstein
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“Men go abroad to
wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long
courses of the rivers, at the cast compass of the ocean, at the circular
motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” ~
If
the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 15:14
(All
scriptures are from the New American Stand Bible unless otherwise noted.)