2 Corinthians 3:14

“But their minds were blinded, etc..] This confirms the sense given of the foregoing verse, and shows, that not the Israelites only in Moses's time, but the Jews in the times of the Gospel, had their minds so blinded, that they could not behold the glory of the Gospel, nor Christ the end of the law; (see <451107>Romans 11:7,8,25). For until this day, to this very time, remaineth the same veil untaken away; not the selfsame veil that was on Moses's face, but the veil of blindness, darkness, and ignorance, upon the hearts of the Jews: in the reading of the Old Testament; the books of the Old Testament, which were used to be read in their synagogues every sabbath day; the true spiritual meaning…”

“Parenthetical: Of Christians in general. He resumes the subject of the ministry, Co2 4:1. minds--Greek, "mental perceptions"; "understandings." blinded--rather, "hardened." The opposite to "looking steadfastly at the end" of the law (Co2 3:13). The veil on Moses' face is further typical of the veil that is on their hearts. untaken away . . . which veil--rather, "the same veil . . . remaineth untaken away [literally, not unveiled], so that they do not see THAT it (not the veil as English Version, but 'THE OLD TESTAMENT,' or covenant of legal ordinances) is done away (Co2 3:7, Co2 3:11, Co2 3:13) in Christ" or, as BENGEL, "Because it is done away in Christ," that is, it is not done away save…”

“But their minds were blinded - The word used here (πωρόω pōroō) means rather to harden; to make hard like stone; and then to make dull or stupid. It is applied to the heart, in Mark 6:52; Mark 8:17; to persons, in Romans 11:7; and to the eyes, in Job 17:7. Paul refers here to the fact that the understandings of the Jews were stupid, dull, and insensible, so that they did not see clearly the design and end of their own institutions. He states simply the fact; he does not refer to the cause of it. The fact that the Jews were thus stupid and dull is often affirmed in the New Testament. For until this day ... - The sense of this is, that even to the time when Paul wrote, it was a…”

“The same veil remaineth on their understanding unremoved - Not so much as folded back, (so the word implies,) so as to admit a little, glimmering light. On the public reading of the Old Testament - The veil is not now on the face of Moses or of his writings, but on the reading of them, and on the heart of them that believe not. Which is taken away in Christ - That is, from the heart of them that truly believe on him. 2 Corinthians 3:16”

“their: Co2 4:3, Co2 4:4; Psa 69:23; Isa 6:10, Isa 26:10-12, Isa 42:18-20, Isa 44:18, Isa 56:10, Isa 59:10; Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2; Mat 6:23, Mat 13:11, Mat 13:13-15; Joh 9:39-41, Joh 12:40; Act 28:26, Act 28:27; Rom 11:7-10, Rom 11:25 which veil: Co2 4:6; Isa 25:7; Mat 16:17; Luk 18:31-34, Luk 24:25-27, Luk 24:44-46; Joh 8:12; Joh 12:46; Act 16:14, Act 26:18; Eph 1:17-20 2 Corinthians 3:15”