_Blindness of Scripture._--"The Scripture," said the Jews, "says that … — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Blindness of Scripture._--"The Scripture," said the Jews, "says that we shall not know whence Christ will come (John vii, 27, and xii, 34). The Scripture says that Christ abideth for ever, and He said that He should die." Therefore, says Saint John,[210] they believed not, though He had done so many miracles, that the word of Isaiah might be fulfilled: "He hath blinded them," etc.

Place: SECTION VIII · ¶1686
License: Public domain · Source
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