John 12:41

"“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”"

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates how divine judgment can prevent people from seeing the truth spiritually. Through this blindness and hardness of heart, God allows some to remain in their spiritual ignorance, thus not turning to Him for healing and salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 41. When he saw his glory, Isa 6:1-10. Isaiah saw the LORD (in Hebrew, JEHOVAH) sitting on a throne and surrounded with the seraphim. This is perhaps the only instance in the Bible in which Jehovah is said to have been seen by man, and for this the Jews affirm that Isaiah was put to death. God had said (Ex 33:20), "No man shall see me and live;" and as Isaiah affirmed that he had seen Jehovah, the Jews, for that and other reasons, put him to death by sawing him asunder. See Barnes "Is 1:1".

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