Romans 11:8

(according as it is written, God hath given them a spirit of slumber, that their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear,) even unto this day.

1770 John Worsley 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 hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

9And David saith, Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompence unto them.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13for this reason I speak to them in parables; because though they see, they will not see; and though they hear, they will not hear, nor understand.

Luke 8:10And He said, To you it is granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but I speak to others in parables, that in seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

2 Corinthians 3:14for unto this day the same veil remaineth unremoved in the reading of the old testament, which veil is taken away 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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