Acts 28:26

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

‘Go to this people, and say, You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets, and covered your heads, the seers.

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid.”

Isaiah 66:4

I also will choose affliction for them, and bring their fears upon them; because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Jeremiah 5:21

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not;

Mark 4:12

so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”

Luke 24:25

And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

Luke 8:10

he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Acts 28:25

So, as they disagreed among themselves, they departed, after Paul had made one statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Deuteronomy 29:4

but to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.