‘Go to this people and say,
“You will keep on hearing, 3 but will never understand,
and you will keep on looking, 4 but will never perceive.
1 tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
2 tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).
3 tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).
4 tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).