Acts 28:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: ”

Acts 28:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying ... - See this passage explained in the Matthew 13:14 note, and John 12:39-40 notes.
Acts 28:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: (14) The unbelievers willingly resist the truth, and yet not by...
Acts 28:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews are Hardened. It was a numerous meeting; we can scarcely understand the words to mean that more came the second time than the first. The kingdom of God is a wide phrase for the Christian d...
Acts 28:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hearing . In hearing. Greek. ak . e . Compare Acts 17:20 . not . by no means. Greek. ou me. App-105. understand . Greek. suniemi. Compare App-132. seeing... see . Greek. blepo . App-13...
Acts 28:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 26. Go to this people. This is a notable place, because it is cited six times in the New Testament, ( Matthew 13:14 ; John 12:40 ; Romans 11:8 ; Mark 4:12 ; Luke 8:10 ) but because it...
Acts 28:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: Hearing ye shall hear, etc. - See the notes on Matthew 13:14 , and...
Acts 28:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and s...
Acts 28:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome 1. They.. they] RV 'we.. we.' Melita] RM 'Melitene.' Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously supposed) Meleda off the Illyrian coast. Tradition co...
Acts 28:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Go unto this people, and say ... — On the passage thus quoted see Notes on Matthew 13:14-15 . Here we are chiefly concerned with the fact that the words had been cited by our Lord as describing th...
Acts 28:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Preaching in the World's Capital Acts 28:21-31 It was one of the earliest cares of Paul to summon the leading members of the Jewish community, that he might explain to them his position. He mad...
Acts 28:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

On land new perils threatened. While gathering sticks for a fire, a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. Shaking it off, he was unharmed. This convinced those who watched that he was divine, and the...
Acts 28:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,...
Acts 28:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Saying, go unto this people, and say ,.... A message sent in wrath and judgment to the people of Israel, rejected from being the people of God, a "lo ammi" being written upon them; and therefore God...
Acts 28:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: Ver. 26. Hearing, ye shall hear, &c. ] A heavy ear is a singu...
Acts 28:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And some believed the things which were spoken Were happily persuaded of the truth of Paul's doctrine, and were induced to embrace Christianity; and some On the other hand, were so much under the...
Acts 28:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Very soon contacting inhabitants, they found that the island was called Melita, present day Malta. The people are called "barbarous," which only means they were not Greek or Jewish -- not the culture...
Acts 28:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul at Rome. 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testifi...
Acts 28:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As their fathers did hear the many prophecies concerning the miseries and calamities which for their sins were to come upon them, as also concerning the Messiah which was to come, but did not believe...
Acts 28:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, “Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, saying, Go you to this people...
Acts 28:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 28:23 . Into his lodging .—Probably the “hired dwelling,” μίσθωμα, of Acts 28:30 , though some (Heschyius, Hackett) consider the term ξενία points to a private house—per...
Acts 28:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 28:1-3 . And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one...
Acts 28:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 28:1 . Melita, now Malta. This island seems to have been inhabited by runaways, for melim, in the language of Carthage, is to escape. It was inhabited by a colony of refugees from Carthage,...
Acts 28:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard. Rome as seen by Paul Within a circuit of little more than twelve miles more than two millions of inh...
Acts 28:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 28:1 We for they, A.V. and T.R. (twice). Was called . It reads as if it was the answer to their question to the natives, "What is this island called?" Melita . That Meli...
Acts 28:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A word from Isaiah applied:
Acts 28:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; Deuteronomy 29:4 ; Ezekiel 12:2 ; Ezekiel 3:6 ; Ezekiel 3:7 ; Isaiah 29:10 ; Isaiah 29:14 ; Isaiah 42:19 ; Isaiah 42:20 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; Isaiah 66:4 ; J...
Acts 28:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hearing ye shall hear — That is, ye shall most surely hear, and shall not understand — The words manifestly denote a judicial blindness, consequent upon a wilful and obstinate resistance of the tru...

Acts 28:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 28:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 28:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 28:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 28:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 28:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 28:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 28:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 28:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 28:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 28:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 28:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 28:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 28:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 28:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 28:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 28:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 28:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 28:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 28:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes