Mark 4:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα βλέποντες βλέπωσιν, καὶ μὴ ἴδωσιν· καὶ ἀκούοντες ἀκούωσιν, καὶ μὴ συνιῶσιν· μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἁμαρτήματα.

Transliteration

That blepontes blepōsin, and not idōsin; and akouontes akouōsin, and not syniōsin; mēpote epistrepsōsin, and aphethē to them the hamartēmata.

Grammar Details

• *blepontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - seeing
• *blepōsin*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may see
• *idōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may perceive
• *akouontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - hearing
• *akouōsin*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may hear
• *syniōsin*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may understand
• *mēpote*: conjunction - lest/so that not
• *epistrepsōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might turn/return
• *aphethē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be forgiven
• *hamartēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - sins

Word Meanings

• *blepontes*: seeing/looking at
• *blepōsin*: they may see/look
• *idōsin*: they may perceive/understand
• *akouontes*: hearing/listening
• *akouōsin*: they may hear/listen
• *syniōsin*: they may understand/comprehend
• *mēpote*: lest/so that not/perhaps
• *epistrepsōsin*: they might turn/convert/return
• *aphethē*: might be forgiven/released
• *hamartēmata*: sins/offenses/transgressions

Referenced Verses

• Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
• Isa 44:18 : 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Deut 29:4 : 4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
• Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
• Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
• Heb 6:6 : 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• John 12:37-41 : 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; {G2443} Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them. 41 These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
• Acts 28:25-27 : 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers, 26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
• Rom 11:8-9 : 8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made {G1519} a snare, and {G1519} a trap, And {G1519} a stumblingblock, and {G1519} a recompense unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
• Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
• Ezek 18:27-32 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.