Acts 28:26

He said, 'Go to this people and say, 1 “By hearing you will hear, but not understand; 1 and seeing you will see, but will not perceive. 1

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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

25When they did not agree with one another, they left after Paul had spoken this one word, “The Holy Spirit spoke well through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers.

27For the heart of this people has become dull, 1 and with their ears they hardly hear, 1 and they have shut their eyes. 1 Otherwise they might see with their eyes, 1 and hear with their ears, 1 and understand with their heart and turn again, 1 and I would heal them.”'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go and tell this people, 1 'Listen, but do not understand; see, but do not perceive.' 1

Isaiah 29:14Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. 1 The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear.” 1

Isaiah 66:4In the same way I will choose their own punishment; I will bring on them what they fear, 1 because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, no one listened. 1 They did what was evil in my sight, and chose to do what displeases me.” 1

Ezekiel 3:6not to many peoples of strange speech or a difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

Matthew 13:14To them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, that which says, 1 'While hearing you will hear, but you will in no way understand; 1 while seeing you will see, but you will in no way perceive. 1

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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