Acts 28:26-28

28:26 when he said,

‘Go to this people and say,

“You will keep on hearing, ¹  but will never understand,

and you will keep on looking, ²  but will never perceive.

28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, ³ 

and their ears are hard of hearing, ⁴ 

and they have closed their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their heart

and turn, ⁵  and I would heal them.”’ ⁶ 

28:28 “Therefore be advised ⁷  that this salvation from God ⁸  has been sent to the Gentiles; ⁹  they ¹⁰  will listen!”

[28:26]  ¹ tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).

[28:26]  ² tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).

[28:27]  ³ tn Or “insensitive.”

[28:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).

[28:27]  ⁵ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

[28:27]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.

[28:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “Therefore let it be known to you.”

[28:28]  ⁸ tn Or “of God.”

[28:28]  ⁹ sn The term Gentiles is in emphatic position in the Greek text of this clause. Once again there is the pattern: Jewish rejection of the gospel leads to an emphasis on Gentile inclusion (Acts 13:44-47).

[28:28]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they also.”