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John 12:39

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12:39For this reason they could not believe,83 because again Isaiah said,

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  1. 83 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

NLTNew Living Translation

But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For this reason they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,