Isaiah 42:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

Who is blind

General references

Matthew 13:13

John 8:27

Bible References

Who is blind

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand; and seeing you will see and not perceive.

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'

Being aware of it, Jesus said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

The Pharisees answered them, "Are you deceived, you also?

Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them."

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because only in Christ is it removed.

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

General references

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.