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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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New Living Translation

Acts 28:26

‘Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deafness;   Heart;   Paul;   Prophecy;   Quotations and Allusions;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Deafness;   Deafness-Hearing;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Gentiles/heathen;   Salvation;   Understanding;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Call of God, the;   Heart, Character of the Unrenewed;   Witness of the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kingdom of god;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hardening, Hardness of Heart;   Hear, Hearing;   Isaiah, Theology of;   Rome;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, the Epistle to the;   Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nero;   Quotations;   Ships and Boats;   Vulgate;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blindness;   Ignorance;   Mystery ;   Quotations;   Teaching of Jesus;   Truth;   King James Dictionary - About;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Blindness;   Ear;   Hardness of heart;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Quotations, New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
‘Go to this people and tell them: You will listen and you will hear, but you will not understand. You will look and you will see, but you will not understand what you see.
Revised Standard Version
'Go to this people, and say, You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Goo vnto this people and saye: with youre eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstonde: and with youre eyes shall ye se and shall not perceave.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
International Standard Version
He said,Isaiah 6:9; Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Romans 11:8;">[xr] 'Go to this people and say, "You will listen and listen but never understand, and you will look and look but never see!
New American Standard Bible
saying, 'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY, "YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, AND WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, AND WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
New Century Version
‘Go to this people and say: You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn,
Update Bible Version
saying, "Go to this people, and say, By hearing you shall hear, and shall in no way understand; And seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive:
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.
English Standard Version
"‘Go to this people, and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive."
World English Bible
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
Weymouth's New Testament
"`Go to this people and tell them, you will hear and hear, and by no means understand; and will look and look, and by no means see.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Go thou to this puple, and seie to hem, With eere ye schulen here, and ye schulen not vndirstonde; and ye seynge schulen se, and ye schulen not biholde.
English Revised Version
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:
Berean Standard Bible
'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving."
Contemporary English Version
to tell our ancestors, ‘Go to these people and tell them: You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.
Amplified Bible
'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY, "YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
American Standard Version
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:
Bible in Basic English
Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing but never understand, and you will keep on seeing but never perceive,
Darby Translation
saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
Etheridge Translation
saying, Go unto this people, and say unto them, Hearing, you will hear and will not understand. And you will see, but not discern:
Murdock Translation
saying: Go unto this people, and say to them, Hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and ye will see, and will not comprehend.
King James Version (1611)
Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.
New Life Bible
He said, ‘Go to these people and say, "You will hear and never understand, you will look and never see,
New Revised Standard
‘Go to this people and say, You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.
George Lamsa Translation
Saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying - Go thy way unto this people, and say - Ye shall, surely hear, and yet will in nowise understand. And, surely see, and yet will in nowise perceive;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Go to this people and say to them: With the ear you shall hear and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue.
Good News Translation
For he said, ‘Go and say to this people: You will listen and listen, but not understand; you will look and look, but not see,
Christian Standard Bible®
when he said,
King James Version
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Lexham English Bible
saying, ‘Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing and will never understand, and you will keep on seeing and will never perceive.
Literal Translation
saying, "Go to this people and say, You will surely hear, and not at all understand; and you will surely see, and not at all perceive;
Young's Literal Translation
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,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue.
Mace New Testament (1729)
"go to this people and say, hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.
New English Translation
when he said, ‘ Go to this people and say, " You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive .
New King James Version
saying, "Go to this people and say: "Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
Simplified Cowboy Version
'Go tell 'em this, "You'll hear, but you won't listen; you'll see, but you won't notice what it is.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, 'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY, "YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
Legacy Standard Bible
saying,‘Go to this people and say,"You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;And you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

Contextual Overview

23 So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul's lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them from morning until evening. 24 Some were persuaded by the things he said, but others did not believe. 25 And after they had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this final word from Paul: "The Holy Spirit was right when he said to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet, 26 ‘Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend. 27 For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.' 28 So I want you to know that this salvation from God has also been offered to the Gentiles, and they will accept it." 29

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go: Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Ezekiel 12:2, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:15, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, John 12:38-40, Romans 11:8-10

Hearing: Deuteronomy 29:4, Psalms 81:11, Psalms 81:12, Isaiah 29:10, Isaiah 29:14, Isaiah 42:19, Isaiah 42:20, Isaiah 66:4, Jeremiah 5:21, Ezekiel 3:6, Ezekiel 3:7, Ezekiel 12:2, Mark 8:17, Mark 8:18, Luke 24:25, Luke 24:45, 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:32 - General Psalms 69:23 - Their eyes Proverbs 17:16 - seeing Isaiah 19:22 - they shall Zechariah 11:9 - I will John 12:40 - hath Romans 9:18 - will he 2 Corinthians 3:14 - their

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, go unto this people, and say,.... A message sent in wrath and judgment to the people of Israel, rejected from being the people of God, a "lo ammi" being written upon them; and therefore God does not call them "his", but "this" people: and this message was sent by an evangelical prophet, who foretold, in the clearest manner, the Messiah's incarnation, and birth of a virgin, the work he was to do, the sufferings he should undergo, and the glory that should follow; and that after he had seen in a vision the glory of the King Messiah, the perfections of deity filling the temple of his human nature, him exalted on a throne, and attended and worshipped by angels; after he had had such a view of his beauty and excellency, that laid him low in his own sight, and humbled him under a sense of his own impurity and unworthiness; and after he had had a comfortable discovery and application of pardoning grace; and after he had expressed such a readiness and willingness to go on the Lord's errand: which one might have thought would have been of a different nature; and that he would have been sent, and have been made useful, to set forth the glories and excellencies of Christ's person, office, and grace, he had had such a view of; and to preach the comfortable doctrine of pardoning grace to men, which he had just now such a gracious experience of; but on the contrary, he is bid to say,

hearing ye shall hear; with bodily ears, the Gospel preached by the Messiah and his apostles:

and shall not understand, spiritually and experimentally, what they heard: to have an opportunity of hearing the Gospel, is a great blessing; seeing it is good news, glad tidings of good things, a joyful sound, and the voice of Christ himself; it is a distinguishing favour, and what all men at all times have not; when it is attended with a divine energy, the Spirit of God is received through it, regeneration, quickening and sanctifying grace are by it; faith comes by hearing it, and Christ is found under the ministration of it; and, generally speaking, the understanding and knowledge of divine things, are by means of it: men are naturally without the understanding of spiritual things, and where the Gospel is not, they remain so; the ministers of the Gospel, and the word preached by them, are the means of leading men into a spiritual understanding of things, though only as, and when attended with the Spirit of God, who is a Spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of Christ: and a special mercy it is when persons, whilst hearing the word, understand what they hear, and can distinguish truth from error; and approve of the truth, receive the love of it, feel the power, and taste the sweetness of it; find it and eat it, believe, embrace, and profess it, and bring forth fruits worthy of it: but on the contrary, when it is heard and not understood, it is an awful dispensation; for hence either they content themselves with bare hearing, and depend upon it for salvation; or they despise and speak evil of what they do not understand; and so their hearing, instead of being a blessing, is an aggravation of their condemnation:

and seeing ye shall see: miracles wrought:

and not perceive; them to be proofs of the things, for which they are wrought: so Jarchi expounds those words,

"ye shall see the wonders, or miracles I have done for you, and shall not set your hearts to know me''

from whence it appears that the Gospel preached in the clearest and most powerful manner, and even miracles wrought in confirmation of it, are insufficient for conversion; and nothing will effect it, but efficacious grace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying ... - See this passage explained in the Matthew 13:14 note, and John 12:39-40 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 28:26. Hearing ye shall hear, c.] See the notes on Matthew 13:14, and John 12:39, John 12:40.


 
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