38 in order that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

“Lord, who has believed our message?
    And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[a]

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

40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
lest they see with their[b] eyes
    and understand with their[c] hearts
and turn, and I heal them.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:38 A quotation from Isa 53:1
  2. John 12:40 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. John 12:40 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. John 12:40 A quotation from Isa 6:10