Romans 15:21
But as it is written: They to whom he was not spoken of, shall see, and they that have not heard shall understand.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- sed sicut scriptum est : Quibus non est annuntiatum de eo, videbunt : et qui non audierunt, intelligent.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine The Harmony of the Gospels, The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ
48. What can be said in opposition to this evidence, and this expression of things both foretold and fulfilled? If they suppose that His disciples have given a false testimony on the subject of the divinity of Christ, will they also doubt the passion of Christ? No: they are not accustomed to believe that He rose from the dead; but, at the same time, they are quite ready to believe that He suffered all that men are wont to suffer, because they wish Him to be held to be a man and nothing more. …
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Homily XXIX on Rom. xv. 14
Ver. 21 . “As it is written, To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see, and they that have not heard shall understand.” ( Is. iii. 15 [LXX].) You see he runs to where the labor is more, the toil greater.
St John Chrysostom Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily VII
Where are these words written? Why, it is said to have been “written,” then also, when it is set down, not in words, but in actual events, as in the historical books; or when the same meaning is expressed, but not in the very same words, as in this place: for the words, “They to whom it was not told about Him shall see, and they who have not heard shall understand,” ( Is. lii. 15; Sept. Comp. Rom. xv. 21; Is. lxiv. 4 .) are the same with “the things which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard.” Either then this is his meaning, or probably it was actually written in some books, and the copies have perished. For indeed many books were destroyed, and few were preserved entire even in the first captivity. And this is plain, in those which remain to us. For the Apostle saith ( Acts iii. …