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John 12:39

Isaiah

37 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
KJV
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
WEB
For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:
ASV
For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,
DARBY
On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,
BLB
Because of this, they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said:
ÅB
Og de kunne ikke tro, fordi Jesaja igjen har sagt:
OTB
De var ute av stand til å tro av denne grunn, som Jesaja sier et annet sted:
B1930
Og de kunde ikke tro, fordi Esaias atter har sagt:

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Cross references

  • John 5:44

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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  • Isaiah 6:9–10

    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

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  • 2 Peter 2:14

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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  • John 10:38

    But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

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  • John 6:44

    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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  • Isaiah 44:18–20

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

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