Acts 13:11 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹¹ The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.

³⁹ And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

⁸ When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus; ⁹ And for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.

¹⁷ So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said: "Saul, my Brother, I have been sent by the Lord--by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here--so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

⁷ What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it. ⁸ The rest grew callous; as Scripture says--'God has given them a deadness of mind--eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear--and it is so to this very day.' ⁹ David, too, says--'May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them--a hindrance and a retribution; ¹⁰ May their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do thou always make their backs to bend.'

²⁵ Brothers, for fear that you should think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only till the whole Gentile world has been gathered in.

³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.

¹⁷ These men are like springs without water, or mists driven before a gale; and for them the blackest darkness has been reserved.