Romans 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

(According as it is written God hath given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see and (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

(According as it is written (in Isaiah 29:10, and Deuteronomy 29:4),

God hath given them the spirit of slumber, х katanuxeoos (G2659)] - not 'remorse' (as in margin, and as the derivation of the word might suggest), but 'stupor' or 'torpor' [see Frifzsche's 'Excursus' on this word, pp. 549-563].

Eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this ('this present') day.

Romans 11:8

8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,b eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.