39. For this reason they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,
40. “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their hearts and turn, and I heal them.”
41. Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him.
42. Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.