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saying, `Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, and will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, and will in no way perceive.
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A Prophecy of Rejection
Commentators stress that Paul is quoting Isaiah 6, a passage Jesus himself repeatedly used to describe those who willfully rejected His message (Matthew 13, John 12). By applying this specific prophecy, Paul shows that the rejection he faced in Rome was not a surprise, but a tragic, foretold pattern of what one scholar calls "willful blindness and deafness" to the truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Saying, etc. See this passage explained; See Barnes on Matthew 13:14; See Barnes on John 12:39-40.
Say (ειπον). Second aorist active imperative instead of the old form ειπε. The quotation is from Isa 6:9,10. This very passage is …
19th Century
Anglican
Go unto this people, and say . . .—Regarding the passage just quoted, see the notes on Matthew 13:14-15.
Here, we are chiefly conce…
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Baptist
Oh, blessed confidence of the apostle! If some reject the gospel, others will receive it.
The points at which many of the Jewish leaders disagreed with Paul and left the session, Luke says, were two. (1) Paul attempted to prove the obdur…
16th Century
Protestant
Go to this people. This is a notable passage, because it is cited six times in the New Testament (Matthew 13:14; [Reference Jo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, go unto this people, and say A message sent in wrath and judgment to the people of Israel, rejected from bei…
Paul persuaded the Jews concerning Jesus. Some were moved by the word, and others hardened; some received the light, and others shut their eyes aga…
