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that `seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.`"
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A Consequence, Not a Cause
Commentators clarify that this difficult verse doesn't mean Jesus's primary goal was to cause blindness. Rather, it describes the consequence of people's willful rejection. Scholars explain that the fault lies in the hardened hearts of the hearers, not in the message itself. The Word of God, like sunshine to weak eyes, reveals and confirms a pre-existing spiritual blindness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When he was alone. That is, he was separate from the multitude. When he withdrew from the multitude, a few followed him for the purpose of…
Lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them (μηποτε επιστρεψωσιν κα αφεθη αυτοις). Luke does not have these …
19th Century
Anglican
That seeing they may see ...—Saint Mark characteristically gives the words of Isaiah 6:9, but not as a quotation, and per…
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Baptist
This judicial blindness had happened to the Jews; they had so long closed their eyes to the light that, at last, God closed them, and they were bli…
Mark follows up this saying of Jesus with a quotation from Isa 6:9–10 (using the LXX, the Greek translation of the OT), introduced with “so that.” …
16th Century
Protestant
That seeing, they may see, and not perceive. It is sufficient to state briefly here what has already been fully explained: that the doctri…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That seeing they may see Which is the end and reason of his speaking to them in parables. The passage referred to is…
This parable contained instruction so important that all capable of hearing were obligated to pay attention to it. There are many things it is impo…
