John 12:40 meaning and explanation

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

John 12:40, Berean Standard Bible

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John quotes Isaiah 6:10 to explain why many who saw Jesus' signs still refused to believe. In Isaiah's vision, God sends the prophet to a people already resistant, and the preaching leaves them blind and hard.

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