Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

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The prophecy

Mark 4:12
so that 'seeing they may see but not perceive, and hearing may hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.'"
Luke 8:10
he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others it is given in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
John 12:39
Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
Acts 28:25
When they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, after Paul had made one final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
Romans 11:8
as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, down to this very day."
2 Corinthians 3:14
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.

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Matthew 24:39
and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.