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He hath blinded (tetuphlōken). Perfect active indicative of tuphloō, old causative verb to make blind (from tuphlos, blind), in N.T. only here, 2Co 4:4; 1Jo 2:11.
He hardened (epōrōsen). First aorist active indicative of pōroō, a late causative verb (from pōros, hard skin), seen already in Mar 6:52, etc. This quotation is from Isa 6:10 and differs from the lxx.
Lest they should see (hina mē idōsin). Negative purpose clause with hina mē instead of mēpote (never used by John) of the lxx. Matthew (Mat 13:15) has mēpote and quotes Jesus as using the passage as do Mark (Mar 4:12) and Luke (Luk 8:10). Paul quotes it again (Act 28:26) to the Jews in Rome. In each instance the words of Isaiah are interpreted as forecasting the doom of the Jews for rejecting the Messiah. Matthew (Mat 13:15) has sunōsin where John has noēsōsin (perceive), and both change from the subjunctive to the future (kai iasomai), “And I should heal them.” John has here straphōsin (second aorist passive subjunctive of strephō) while Matthew reads epistrepsōsin (first aorist active of epistrephō).