Acts 28:26 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 28:26

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

KJV

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ASV

saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

WEB

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

YLT

saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

DBT

saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Cross-references

28 verses on the floor

Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Isaiah 6:9
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Isaiah 42:19–20
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Hearing, ye shall hear, &c.--(See on Mt 13:13-15 and Joh 12:38-40). With what pain would this stern saying be wrung from him whose "heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel was that they might be saved," and who "had great heaviness and continual sorrow in his heart" on their account (Ro 10:1;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Hearing ye shall hear - That is, ye shall most surely hear, and shall not understand - The words manifestly denote a judicial blindness, consequent upon a wilful and obstinate resistance of the truth.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Quotes ISA 6:9
'Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand' — Paul's closing word in Rome

Words5

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G492026× in canon G991132× in canon G2992141× in canon G4198147× in canon G1492374× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ACT 28:26MRK 4:12 JER 5:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ACT 28:26MRK 4:12 ISA 6:9-10
ACT 28:26MRK 4:12 ISA 44:18
ACT 28:26MRK 4:12 MAT 13:14-15
ACT 28:26MRK 4:12 DEU 29:4
ACT 28:26EZE 12:2 MRK 4:12
ACT 28:26EZE 12:2 JHN 9:39-41
ACT 28:26EZE 12:2 PSA 78:40

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