John 12:39 meaning and explanation
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
John 12:39, Berean Standard Bible
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John has just quoted Isaiah 53:1 about the crowd's unbelief, and now he adds a second text from Isaiah 6:10, where the prophet was told the people's eyes would be blinded and their hearts hardened. John's point is that rejecting Jesus' signs was not a new problem but a pattern already described in Israel's Scriptures.
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