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John 12:40 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. "
John 12:40
Verse in Context
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That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
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John 12:1
"Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead."
John 12:2
"There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him."
John 12:3
"Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment."
John 12:4
"Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,"
John 12:5
"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"
John 12:6
"This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein."
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