38 This was to fulfill the word of the prophet Isaiah: Lord, who has believed through our message? To whom is the arm of the Lord fully revealed?
39 Isaiah explains why they couldn’t believe:
40 He made their eyes blind and closed their minds so that they might not see with their eyes, understand with their minds, and turn their lives around— and I would heal them.
41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory; he spoke about Jesus.
42 Even so, many leaders believed in him, but they wouldn’t acknowledge their faith because they feared that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue.
43 They believed, but they loved human praise more than God’s glory.
44 Jesus shouted, "Whoever believes in me doesn’t believe in me but in the one who sent me.