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But their minds were blindedt: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which *vail is done away in Christ.

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Rom. 11:7‑8,25• ⁷What then? That which Israel seeketh after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained [it]; but the rest were hardened,
⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
²⁵For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, that ye be not wise in your own eyes, that hardness hath happened in part to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in; (Rom. 11:7‑8,25)

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2 Cor. 4:3‑4• ³But if even our gospel is veiled, in those that perish it is veiled,
⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:3‑4)

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Psa. 69:23• (Psa. 69:23)

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Isa. 6:10• (Isa. 6:10)

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Isa. 26:10‑12• (Isa. 26:10‑12)

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Isa. 42:18‑20• (Isa. 42:18‑20)

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Isa. 44:18• (Isa. 44:18)

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Isa. 56:10• (Isa. 56:10)

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Isa. 59:10• (Isa. 59:10)

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Jer. 5:21• (Jer. 5:21)

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Ezek. 12:2• (Ezek. 12:2)

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Matt. 6:23• ²³but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness! (Matt. 6:23)

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Matt. 13:11,13‑15• ¹¹{i}And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;{/i}
¹³{i}For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;{/i}
¹⁴{i}and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;{/i}
¹⁵{i}for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.{/i} (Matt. 13:11,13‑15)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:39‑41)

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John 12:40• ⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:40)

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Acts 28:26‑27• ²⁶saying, Go unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear and in no wise understand, with seeing ye shall see and in no wise perceive.
²⁷For the heart of this people became gross, and with [their] ears they became dull of hearing, and [their] eyes have they closed, lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears and understand with the heart, and return, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:26‑27)

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Rom. 11:7‑10,25• ⁷What then? That which Israel seeketh after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained [it]; but the rest were hardened,
⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
⁹And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap and for a stumblingblock and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back ever bend thou down.”
²⁵For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, that ye be not wise in your own eyes, that hardness hath happened in part to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in; (Rom. 11:7‑10,25)

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2 Cor. 4:6• ⁶because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)

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Isa. 25:7• (Isa. 25:7)

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Matt. 16:17• ¹⁷{i}And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.{/i} (Matt. 16:17)

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Luke 18:31‑34• ³¹{i}And{/i} he taking the twelve to [him] said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things written by the prophets of the Son of man shall be accomplished;
³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon;
³³and when they have scourged him they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.
³⁴{i}And{/i} they understood none of these things; and this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was said. (Luke 18:31‑34)

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Luke 24:25‑27,44‑46• ²⁵And he said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
²⁶Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
²⁷And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
⁴⁴And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while being yet with you, that all that must be fulfilled that is written in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms concerning me.
⁴⁵Then he thoroughly opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,
⁴⁶and said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and arise from [the] dead the third day; (Luke 24:25‑27,44‑46)

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John 8:12• ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

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John 12:46• ⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that every one that believeth on me may not abide in darkness. (John 12:46)

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Acts 16:14• ¹⁴And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, that worshipped God heard, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things spoken by Paul. (Acts 16:14)

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Acts 26:18• ¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)

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Eph. 1:17‑20• ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in full knowledge of him,
¹⁸having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints;
¹⁹and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us that believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
²⁰which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places], (Eph. 1:17‑20)

• It was the ministry of righteousness and of the Spirit, not as requiring righteousness in order to stand before God, but as revealing it. Christ was this righteousness (“2 Corinthians 3” by J.N. Darby)

• We find our privilege Godward typified in Moses unveiled, not with the veil on. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians: 3:12-16”)

• What greater danger can there be than that such darkness should prevail where Paul is read no less, yea, far more, than Moses? (“Notes on 2 Corinthians: 3:12-16”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But their thoughts have been darkenedb, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulledc.

JND Translation Notes

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As "hardened," Mark 3.5; "blinded," Rom. 11.7.

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I have no doubt that the text is right, and that Moses covered his face while he talked to the people, and that the Hebrew, Ex. 34.33, means nothing else, and ver. 34 proves it.

W. Kelly Translation

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But their thoughts were darkeneda; for until this very day the same veil at the reading of the old covenant abideth unliftedb, which in Christ is done awayc.

WK Translation Notes

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Lit., "hardened."

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Lit., "not unveiled."

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Or, "It not being unveiled (that is, revealed) that (or, because) in Christ it is done away."