NT Text: Acts 28:25-27
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: For the Holy Spirit as the inspirer of the prophets, see 1:16, and for naming Isaiah as the human source, see 8:28, 30
NT Use Pattern: Ironic / Inverted — Paul's final word to the Jews of Rome — Isaiah 6's hardening commission reapplied as the closing verdict on unbelieving Israel, the same reverse-rhetorical move Jesus and the gospels deploy.
Anchor Text: Isa 6:9-10 — Hearing They Do Not Understand