Romans 15:21
But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
KJV
ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται, οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.
Greek NT
sed sicut scriptum est : Quibus non est annuntiatum de eo, videbunt : et qui non audierunt, intelligent.
Vulgate
but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
ASV
But as it is written: They to whom he was not spoken of shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Isa 52:15 · exact_quote"So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider."Isaiah: those who were not told will see — Paul's pioneer mission
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται — SBLGNT
- Οἷς … αὐτοῦ ὄψονται — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- Ὄψονται οἷς … αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210229.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…
Cross-references
- Isa 52:15 — So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
- Isa 65:1 — I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
- Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he