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Knoweth (egnōken). Has known, has discerned, perfect active indicative of ginōskō. They have shown amazing ignorance of God’s wisdom.
For had they known it (ei gar egnōsan). Condition of the second class, determined as unfulfilled, with aorist active indicative in both condition (egnōsan) and conclusion with an (ouk an estaurōsan). Peter in the great sermon at Pentecost commented on the “ignorance” (kata agnoian) of the Jews in crucifying Christ (Act 3:17) as the only hope for repentance on their part (Act 3:19).
The Lord of glory (ton Kurion tēs doxēs). Genitive case doxēs, means characterized by glory, “bringing out the contrast between the indignity of the Cross (Heb 12:2) and the majesty of the Victim (Luk 22:69; Luk 23:43)” (Robertson and Plummer). See Jam 2:1; Act 7:2; note on Eph 1:17; and Heb 9:5.