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Act 28:24 And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

This is the usual response to the gospel. Yet, this is a better response to the gospel then Paul
received at Jerusalem.

Act 28:25 So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said
one word: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

Act 28:26 saying, 'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY: "HEARING YOU WILL HEAR, AND SHALL NOT
UNDERSTAND; AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE, AND NOT PERCEIVE;

Act 28:27 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF
HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND
HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO
THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM." '

Go to this people and say:

Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;

And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
For the hearts of this people have grown dull.

Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,

Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.”

Paul is quoting Isaiah 6:9-10 here. Because of their negative attitude toward the Lord, they may
hear and see physically, but never have their spiritual eyes and ears been opened (cf. Proverbs
4:20-22; Matthew 13:13-17).

Act 28:28 "Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the
Gentiles, and they will hear it!"

Paul explains, “You are no longer under the age of Israel, the Jewish dispensation, but the
Church age, the age of the Gentiles.”

28:28 salvation, soterion (so-tay-ree-on); Rescue, deliverance, safety, liberation,
release, preservation, and the general word for Christian salvation. (Compare
“soteriology.”) Soterion only occurs five times. Soteria, the generic word, occurs forty-
five times. It is an all-inclusive word signifying forgiveness, healing, prosperity,