27They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. …
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded …
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: …
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-30)Christ here gives fair warning to the careless unbelieving Jews to consider what would be the consequence of their infidelity, that they might prevent it before it was too late; for he spoke words of terror as well as words of grace. Observe here, I. The wrath threatened (John 8:21): Jesus said again unto them that which might be likely to do them good. He continued to teach, in kindness to those…
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