Acts 28:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

is waxed gross. has become fat. Greek. pachunomai. Only here and Matthew 13:15.

their ears, &c. = with their ears they hear heavily.

closed. Greek. kammuo. Only here and Matthew 13:15.

lest. lest at any time. Greek. mepote.

be converted. turn again. Greek. epistrepho. See Acts 3:19.

Acts 28:27

27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.