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And he was unable to see for three days during which he neither ate nor drank.

And now the hand of the LORD is against you, and you shall be blind, and shall not see the sun for a time. And in that very hour there fell on him a mist and darkness; and he went about seeking some one to lead him by the hand.

And again he said in another place, You shall not suffer your Holy One to see corruption.

But he whom God raised did not see corruption.

And some days after, Paul said to Bar''na-bas, Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we have preached the word of God and see how they do.

When Paul stood in the court at Ar-eop''a- gus, he said, Men of Athens, I see that above all things you are extravagant in the worship of idols.

When these things had been accomplished, Paul made up his mind to travel through all of Mac-e-do''ni-a and A-cha''ia, and then to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

You also hear and see that not only the Ephe''si- ans, but almost throughout all Asia Minor, this Paul has persuaded, and turned away many people simply by saying that gods made by the hands of men are not gods,

And now I know that you, among whom I have traveled and preached the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

But they were most distressed because of the words he spoke, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

And when they heard it, they glorified God, and said to Paul, Our brother, see how many thousands there are in Juda who are believers; and they are all zealous of the law;

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Da-mas''cus.

And he said to me, The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice of his mouth.

Now when Paul perceived that part of the people were Sad''du-cees, and the others were Phar''i-sees, he cried out in the assembly, Men, my brethren, I am a Phar''i-see, the son of a Phar''i-see: and it is because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am here to be judged.

Then Festus said, King A-grip''pa and all men who are here present with us, against this man whom you see, all the Jewish people have complained to me both at Jerusalem and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Then he said to me, Rise and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of these things in which you have seen me, and of those things in which you will also see me again.

Saying, Men, I see that this voyage will be beset with hardship and with great loss, not only to the cargo of our ship but also of our lives.

This is the reason I begged you to come, for I wish to see you and to relate these things to you; because it is for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive:

For the heart of this people is hardened and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and repent before me, and I should forgive them.