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King James Bible - John 12:40

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:40

Ceg� los ojos de ellos, y endureci� su coraz�n; Para que no vean con los ojos, y entiendan de coraz�n, Y se conviertan, y yo los sane.

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 12:40

Verse 40. And I should heal them.] This verse is taken from Isaiah vi. 9, and, perhaps, refers more to the judgments that should fall upon them as a nation, which God was determined should not be averted, than it does to their eternal state. To suppose that the text meant that God was unwilling that they should turn unto him, lest he should be obliged to save them, is an insupportable blasphemy.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 40. He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart , etc.] It is of no great moment, whether the he, who is said to blind and harden, be God or Christ, or whether the words be rendered, �it hath blinded�, etc. that is, malice or wickedness; or whether they be read impersonally, �their eyes are blinded�, etc. since God or Christ blind and harden not by any positive act, but by leaving and giving men up to the blindness and hardness of their hearts, and denying them the grace which could only cure them, and which they are not obliged to give; and which was the case of these Jews, so as never to be converted, or be turned even by external repentance and reformation, that they might be healed in a national way, and be preserved from national ruin, as it follows, that they should not see with their eyes , etc.] (see Gill on � Matthew 13:14�), (see Gill on � Matthew 13:15�). The Syriac and Persic versions read, �they have blinded their eyes�, etc.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 37-43 - Observe the method of conversion implied here. Sinners are brought to see the reality of Divine things, and to have some knowledge of them To be converted, and truly turned from sin to Christ, as their Happiness and Portion. God will heal them, will justify and sanctif them; will pardon their sins, which are as bleeding wounds, and mortif their corruptions, which are as lurking diseases. See the power of the world in smothering convictions, from regard to the applause or censur of men. Love of the praise of men, as a by-end in that which is good will make a man a hypocrite when religion is in fashion, and credit is to be got by it; and love of the praise of men, as a base principle is that which is evil, will make a man an apostate, when religion is in disgrace, and credit is to be lost for it.

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Greek Textus Receptus

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

40. He hath blinded, etc. These words of Isaiah are repeated five times in the New Testament as the description of the Jewish people in its latest stage of decay. Matt. xiii. 13; Mark iv. 12; Luke viii. 10; John xii. 40; Acts xxviii. 26.

Hardened (pepwrwken). See on the kindred noun pwrwsiv, hardness, Mark iii. 5.

Understand (nohswsin). Rev., better, perceive. Mark has suniwsin, understand. See on understanding, Luke ii. 47.

Be converted (ejpistrafwsin). See on Matt. xiii. 15; Luke xxii. 32. Rev., more accurately, turn, with the idea of turning to or toward something (epi).