Acts 28:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Acts 28:27 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 28:2734 words
ἐπαχύνθηepachynthē
γὰρgarfor
ἡhēthe
καρδίαkardiaheart
τοῦtouthe
λαοῦlaoupeople
τούτουtoutouhe (it was that), hereof, it
καὶkaiand / also
τοῖςtoisthe
ὠσὶνōsinear
βαρέωςbareōsdull
ἤκουσανēkousanhear
καὶkaiand / also
τοὺςtousthe
ὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmouseye, sight
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ἐκάμμυσανekammysanclose
μήποτεmēpotelest
ἴδωσινidōsinbehold, perceive, see
τοῖςtoisthe
ὀφθαλμοῖςophthalmoiseye, sight
καὶkaiand / also
τοῖςtoisthe
ὠσὶνōsinear
ἀκούσωσινakousōsinhear
καὶkaiand / also
τῇtēthe
καρδίᾳkardiaheart
συνῶσινsynōsinconsider, understand, be
wise
καὶkaiand / also
ἐπιστρέψωσινepistrepsōsincome (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about
καὶkaiand / also
ἰάσομαιiasomaiheal, make whole
αὐτούςautoushe / she / it / same
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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