John 12:37-41

The Unbelief of the People

37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,

38 ¹so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ²“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ”

39 Therefore they ³could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 ⁴“He has blinded their eyes and ⁵hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them. ”

41 Isaiah said these things because ⁶he saw his glory and ⁷spoke of him.

Cross References

• 1. 12:38 [Matt. 1:22]
• 2. 12:38 Rom. 10:16; Cited from Isa. 53:1
• 3. 12:39 [ch. 5:44]
• 4. 12:40 [Isa. 6:10]; See Matt. 13:14, 15
• 5. 12:40 See Mark 6:52
• 6. 12:41 Isa. 6:1
• 7. 12:41 [ch. 5:46]