Romans 11:8

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

In Context

7What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,

9And David says: Let their table become a trap, and a net, and a snare, and a recompense to them;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

Luke 8:10He replied: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that when they see, they may not see, and when they hear, they may not understand.

2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were blinded: for till this day, in the reading of the old covenant, the same vail remains not taken away, which vail is removed in Christ.

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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