bareos describes hearing in a difficult or hindered manner in the two attested clauses.

The adverb marks the manner of hearing in parallel clauses: the people hear with difficulty, within a sequence that contrasts hearing and understanding with failure to turn and be healed.

1. Hearing with difficulty · dominant

   In Acts 28:27 and Matthew 13:15, βαρέως is an adverb modifying the clause about hearing with the ears. In Acts 28:27 the APB renders the clause “with their ears they have heard with difficulty,” while Matthew 13:15 has “with their ears they hear with difficulty”; both clauses stand alongside dullness of heart, closed eyes, and the stated outcome of not understanding, turning, and being healed.

   Acts 28:27Matthew 13:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Acts 28:27 and Matthew 13:15, the APB presents the relevant hearing clauses with “with difficulty.” This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause's sense rather than a precise lexical equation.