Kisah Para Rasul 26:20

26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, ¹  and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, ²  performing deeds consistent with ³  repentance.

Kisah Para Rasul 28:27

28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, ⁴ 

and their ears are hard of hearing, ⁵ 

and they have closed their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their heart

and turn, ⁶  and I would heal them.”’ ⁷ 

[26:20]  ¹ tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”

[26:20]  ² sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.

[26:20]  ³ tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.

[28:27]  ⁴ tn Or “insensitive.”

[28:27]  sn The heart of this people has become dull. The charge from Isaiah is like Stephen’s against the Jews of Jerusalem (Acts 7:51-53). They were a hard-hearted and disobedient people.

[28:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).

[28:27]  ⁶ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

[28:27]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.