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[a] eyes
    and understand with their[b] hearts
and turn, and I heal them.”[c]

41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him.

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Footnotes

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