La vida de Jesús
The Fulfillment of Isaiah's Prophecy about Unbelief
Despite the many signs Jesus performed, the people did not believe in him. John explains this as a fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy that God has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts. Yet many did believe, even among the rulers, but they would not confess it openly for fear of being expelled from the synagogue, because they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
Juan 12,37-43
37Though he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him,
τοσαῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ σημεῖα πεποιηκότος ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐπίστευον εἰς αὐτόν,
38so that the word of the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
ἵνα ὁ λόγος Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου πληρωθῇ ὃν εἶπεν· Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη;
39For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιστεύειν ὅτι πάλιν εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας·
40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
Τετύφλωκεν αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ⸀ἐπώρωσεν αὐτῶν τὴν καρδίαν, ἵνα μὴ ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ νοήσωσιν τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ ⸀στραφῶσιν, καὶ ⸀ἰάσομαι αὐτούς.
41Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke about him.
ταῦτα εἶπεν Ἠσαΐας ⸀ὅτι εἶδεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν περὶ αὐτοῦ.
42Yet even so, many even of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
ὅμως μέντοι καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς Φαρισαίους οὐχ ὡμολόγουν ἵνα μὴ ἀποσυνάγωγοι γένωνται,
43for they loved human glory more than the glory of God.
ἠγάπησαν γὰρ τὴν δόξαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἤπερ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ.