Acts 28:27

Easy To Read Version

Yes, the minds of these people (the Jews) are now closed.\par They have ears, but they don’t listen.\par And they refuse to see \{the truth\}.\par If their minds were not closed,\par they might see with their eyes;\par they might hear with their ears;\par they might understand with their minds.\par Then they might turn back to me and be healed.”\par \i (Isaiah 6:9-10)\i0 \par

Cross References

Psalm 119:70

Those people are very stupid. {\cf2\super [594]} \par But I enjoy studying your teachings.\par

Isaiah 6:10

Confuse the people. Make the people not able to understand the things they hear and see. If you don’t do this, then people might really understand the things they hear with their ears. The people might really understand in their minds. If they did this, then the people might come back to me and be healed (forgiven)!”

Matthew 13:14

So these people show that the things Isaiah said about them are true:

Matthew 13:15

Yes, the minds of these people\par (the Jews) are now closed.\par They have ears,\par but they don’t listen.\par And they refuse to see \{the truth\}.\par If their minds were not closed,\par they might see with their eyes;\par they might hear with their ears;\par they might understand with their minds.\par Then they might turn back to me and be healed.\par \i (Isaiah 6:9-10)\i0 \par

Deuteronomy 29:4

But even today you still don’t understand what happened. The Lord has not let you really understand what you saw and heard.