38. This fulfilled the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our report,and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39. Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah said again:
40. “He has blinded their eyesand hardened their hearts,lest they should see with their eyesand perceive with their hearts and turn,and I would heal them.”
41. Isaiah said this when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
42. Yet many of the rulers also believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they be put out of the synagogue.
43. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.