Acts 28:27

“For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”

"For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them." - Acts 28:27
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What does Acts 28:27 mean?

The Bible verse Acts 28:27 from the King James Version (KJV) states, "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their…

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Awakening the Senses of the Heart

In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul quotes from the prophet Isaiah to articulate a profound spiritual truth that resonates throughout the ages. The verse, Acts 28:27 (KJV), states, "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes…

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A Prayer for Open Hearts and Ears

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with hearts that are burdened by the spiritual blindness and deafness that so many around us are experiencing. Your word in Acts 28:27 resonates deeply in our hearts: "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull…

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Acts 28:27 - "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
Acts 27:28 - "And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms."
"And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms." - Acts 27:28
Acts 28:12
Acts 17:27
Acts 28:28 - "Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it."
Proverbs 17:27-28
Proverbs 17:27-28
Exodus 23:27-28
Proverbs 17:27-28
Luke 13:28-27
Luke 13:28-27
Luke 13:28-27
Acts 14:28 - "And there they abode long time with the disciples."
Matthew 27:28 - "And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe."
Acts 28:12 - "And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days."
Acts 9:28 - "And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem."
Ezekiel 27:28 - "The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots."
Acts 28:1 - "And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita."
Acts 28:5 - "And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm."
Acts 8:28 - "Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet."
Acts 27:26 - "Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island."
Acts 27:27 - "But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;"
Acts 26:27-30 (KJVA) 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Acts 11:27 - "¶ And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch."
Acts 28:24 - "And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not."
Acts 7:28 - "Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?"
Job 28:27 - "Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out."
Acts 27:36 - "Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat."