Acts 28:25-26

28:25 So they began to leave, ¹  unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors ²  through the prophet Isaiah 28:26 when he said,

‘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 The imperfect verb ἀπελύοντο (apeluonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

³ tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).

⁴ tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).