Acts 28:25-26

Context
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 ancestors² 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.

[28:25] ¹tn The imperfect verb ἀπελύοντο (apeluonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[28:25] ²tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[28:26] ³tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).

[28:26] ⁴tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).