1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| John 12:40 | *He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. Isaias 6:9.; Matthew 13:14.; Mark 4:12.; Luke 8:10.; Acts 28:26.; Romans 11:8. | He hath blinded their eyes, etc. See Matthew 13:14. (Witham) --- God blinded the Jews, not by filling them with malice, but by refusing them his graces, of which they had made themselves unworthy, and which they before abused and despised. It was their perverse will, their pride, presumption, and obstinacy, that brought on them this judgment. (St. Augustine) |