Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
For this people`s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, Would turn again, And I would heal them.`
Verse Takeaways
1
A Willful Blindness
Commentators explain that the spiritual dullness described is a willful act. The people have actively 'closed their eyes' and 'stopped their ears' against the truth. John Gill notes this is a deliberate rejection of evidence that prevents them from turning to God for the 'healing' He offers, which is the forgiveness of sins.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Acts
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
19th Century
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the heart of this people is waxed gross Or fat; stupefied with notions of carnal and temporal things, and become…
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Presbyterian
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…