Acts 28:28

"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.’"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the spiritual condition of a people who resist God's truth through a hardened heart, deafened ears, and blind eyes. Such resistance prevents them from understanding and turning to God, thereby blocking their healing and salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 28. The salvation of God. The knowledge of God's mode of saving men. Is sent unto the Gentiles. Since you have rejected it, it will be offered to them. See Barnes "Ac 13:46". And that they will hear it. They will embrace it. Paul was never discouraged. If the gospel was rejected by one class of people, he was ready to offer it to another. If his own countrymen rejected and despised it, he never allowed himself to suppose that Christ had died in vain, but believed that others would be inclined to embrace its saving benefits.

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