Acts 28:27 (WEB)
For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’
Fathers and councils · 2
Eusebius of Caesarea
“For it is written concerning me, that they who have seen me will not believe in me, and that they who have not seen me will believe and be saved.” — editor's note: γέγραπται, as used by Christ and his disciples, always referred to the Old Testament. The passage quoted here does not occur in the Old Testament; but compare…
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Tertullian
“Through them, to wit, had “the heart of the People been made thick, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with a heart” obstructed by the “fats” of which He had expressly forbidden the eating, teaching man not to be studious of the stomach.” — editor's note: See Isa. vi. 10; John xii. 40; Acts xxviii. 26, 27.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together with
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Parallel passages
Matthew 13:15 and Acts 28:27 share the same wording (32 words).
John 12:40 and Acts 28:27 share the same wording (17 words).
Quotes
Acts 28:27 takes up the words of Isaiah 6:10 (13 words in common).