John 12:39
Good News Translation
And so they were not able to believe, because Isaiah also said,

New Revised Standard Version
And so they could not believe, because Isaiah also said,

Contemporary English Version
The people could not have faith in Jesus, because Isaiah had also said,

New American Bible
For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore they could not believe, because Isaias said again:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaias said again:

they.

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day.

John 10:38 But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father.

Isaiah 44:18-20 They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart. . . .

2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls: having their heart exercised with covetousness: children of malediction.

because.

Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not. . . .

Context
Belief and Unbelief
38That the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath believed our hearing? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39Therefore they could not believe, because Isaias said again: 40He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart and be converted: and I should heal them.…
Cross References
John 12:38
That the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath believed our hearing? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart and be converted: and I should heal them.

John 12:38
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