Romans 11:8

as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, down to this very day.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

9And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’

Luke 8:10He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand.’

2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains unlifted when the old covenant is read, because only in Christ is it taken away.

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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