Acts 28:26 - Meaning and Application

"He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’"

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"In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;"

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"‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:"

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"that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”"

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"They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said."

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"Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?"

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