Acts 28:26

Go to your fellow Israelites and tell them, ‘You repeatedly listen to the message of God, but you never understand what God is saying. You repeatedly look at and see the things that God is doing, but you never understand what they mean.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

In Context

25So they began to argue with one another. Paul realized that some of them did not want to listen to him, so when they were about to leave, he said, “The Holy Spirit said something to your/our(incl) ancestors. He spoke these words to Isaiah the prophet, and what he said is also true about you:

27God also said to the prophet, These people do not understand, because they have become stubborn. They have ears, but they do not understand what they hear, and they have closed their eyes because they do not want to see. If they wanted to obey what I say to them, they might understand what they see me doing and what they hear me saying. Then they might turn from their sinful behavior and I would save them.’

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand the meaning of all that you have seen and heard.

Isaiah 6:9Then he said, “ Okay, go, and say to the Israeli people, ‘You will listen carefully to what I say, but you will not understand it. You will look very carefully at the things that I am doing, but you will not understand them.’

Isaiah 29:14Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And I will show that the people who tell others that they are wise are not really wise, and I will show that the people who tell others that they are intelligent are not really intelligent.

Isaiah 66:4When I called out to you, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did many things that I say are evil; you chose to do things that I did not like. So now I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are very afraid of.”

Ezekiel 3:6I am sending you to people whose language you understand very well. If I were sending you to people whose language was difficult for you to understand, they would be surprised and pay attention to what you say to them.

Matthew 13:14What these people do completely fulfills what God told the prophet Isaiah to say long ago to the people who did not try to understand what he said, You will hear what I say, but you will not understand it. You will keep seeing what I do, but you will not understand what it means [DOU].

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:24-30

Paul at Rome. 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 Saying, Go… Read the whole commentary →

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