ACTS 28:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
'For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' - The continuation of Isaiah 6:9-10 deepens the diagnosis: hardened 'heart' (kardia, kardia-the center of understanding), dull 'ears' (ōta, ōta-'ears'), and 'closed eyes' (ophthalmos, ophthalmos-eyes that might see). Yet the verse's structure shows conditionality: 'otherwise they might...turn, and I would heal them' (epistrephō...iaomai, epistrephō...iaomai-'turn...heal'). Hardening is not predetermined but responsive to Israel's rejection of the gospel. Healing remains possible if they 'turn.' The quote moves from diagnosis to potential remedy-a remedy that Paul himself offers by his presence and proclamation.
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