Acts 28:26

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 John 12:39, John 12:40.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying ... - See this passage explained in the Matthew 13:14 note, and John 12:39-40 notes.
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 unbe...
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 k...
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...
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 ; Roma...
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...
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 sup...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Rome (28:16-31) 16. The captain of the guard] either the captain of the prætorian guard ( proefectus proetorio ), or, more probably, t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Entered, etc.] We may freely translate this difficult passage thus: 'He entered into the Temple, informing the priests that within seven days (see...
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...
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,...
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 convi...
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 the...
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 "l...
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. Hearin...
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; a...
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 mean...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul at Rome. 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him in...
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...
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 prop...
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) con...
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:...
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 wa...
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 mo...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging. Paul’s second conference with the Jews Note-- I. The interes...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand. Judicial hardness The passage from which the apostle quotes is Isaiah 6:1-13 , where the prop...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A word from Isaiah applied:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

saying, Go unto this people and say, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive;
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 42:2...
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...

²⁶ Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

Related Commentaries of Acts 28:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 28:26