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# God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear

This is a metaphor about the fact that the people are spiritually dull. They are not able to hear or receive spiritual truth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# spirit of

Here this means "having the characteristics of," such as the "spirit of wisdom."

# eyes so that they should not see

The concept of seeing with one's eyes was considered to be equivalent to gaining understanding.

# ears so that they should not hear

The concept of hearing with the ears was considered to be equivalent to obedience.
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This is a metaphor about the fact that the people are spiritually dull. They are not able to hear or receive spiritual truth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# spirit of`

			`Here this means "having the characteristics of," such as the "spirit of wisdom."`

			`# eyes so that they should not see`

			`The concept of seeing with one's eyes was considered to be equivalent to gaining understanding.`

			`# ears so that they should not hear`

			`The concept of hearing with the ears was considered to be equivalent to obedience.`