John 12:39
Context| NETBible | For this reason they could not believe, 1 because again Isaiah said, |
| XREF | Isa 6:9,10; Isa 44:18-20; Joh 5:44; Joh 6:44; Joh 10:38; 2Pe 2:14 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn The author explicitly states here that Jesus’ Jewish opponents could not believe, and quotes Isa 6:10 to show that God had in fact blinded their eyes and hardened their heart. This OT passage was used elsewhere in the NT to explain Jewish unbelief: Paul’s final words in Acts (28:26-27) are a quotation of this same passage, which he uses to explain why the Jewish people have not accepted the gospel he has preached. A similar passage (Isa 29:10) is quoted in a similar context in Rom 11:8. |
