John 12:39 “For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:”

John 12:39

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

World English Bible

For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:

American Standard Version

For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,

Darby Translation

On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,

Young's Literal Translation

Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

Bible in Basic English

For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

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Cross references

“they”

John 5:44 John 10:38 2 Peter 2:14 John 6:44 Isaiah 44:18–20

John 5:44 · BSB

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 10:38 · BSB

But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

John 6:44 · BSB

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Isaiah 44:18–20 · BSB

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

“because”

Isaiah 6:9 Isaiah 6:10

Isaiah 6:9 · BSB

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

Isaiah 6:10 · BSB

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

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