Seeing many things, but thou observest not
The Scribes and Pharisees, saw Christ in the flesh; they saw the
miracles he did; they saw the blind receive their sight, the lame
walk, the lepers cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead raised;
yet they did not give note to these things, and keep them in
their minds, and regard them as clear proofs of his being the
Messiah: opening the ears, but he heareth not;
they heard John Baptist preach, the forerunner of Christ, and the
testimony he bore of him; they heard Christ himself and his
apostles; they sometimes opened their ears, and seemed to listen
and hear with attention, and wonder at what they heard; and some
would own, that never man spake like Jesus; and yet understood
not his speech, and hardened their hearts against him; they saw
many things with their bodily eyes, but perceived them not with
the eyes of their understandings; they heard with their ears, but
understood not in their hearts; for their eyes were shut and
their ears heavy, ( Isaiah 6:9 ) ( Matthew
13:14 Matthew
13:15 ) .