Acts 4:11

Amplified Bible

"This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders thought was not important. But this stone has become the cornerstone.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This is ye stone cast a syde of you bylders which is set in the chefe place of the corner.

Hebrew Names Version
He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which was made the head of the corner.'

International Standard Version
He isPsalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 21:42;">[xr] 'the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.'capstone; Psalm 118:22">[fn]

New American Standard Bible
"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

New Century Version
Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.' Psalm 118:22

Update Bible Version
He is the stone which was set at nothing of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

Webster's Bible Translation
This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

English Standard Version
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.

World English Bible
He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which was made the head of the corner.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
This is the stone which was set at nought by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Weymouth's New Testament
This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the stoon, which was repreued of you bildinge, which is maad in to the heed of the corner;

English Revised Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

Berean Standard Bible
He is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'

Contemporary English Version
He is the stone that you builders thought was worthless, and now he is the most important stone of all.

American Standard Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

Bible in Basic English
He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

Complete Jewish Bible
"This Yeshua is the stone rejected by you builders which has become the cornerstone .

Darby Translation
*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

Etheridge Translation
This is the stone which you builders rejected, and he is become the head of the corner.

Murdock Translation
This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner.

King James Version (1611)
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

New Living Translation
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'

New Life Bible
Christ is the Stone that was put aside by you workmen. But He has become the most important Stone in the building.

New Revised Standard
This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.

George Lamsa Translation
This is the stone which you builders have rejected, which is become the head of the corner.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the stone, set at nought by you the builders, which became the head of the corner;

Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Revised Standard Version
This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner:

Good News Translation
Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, ‘The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'

Christian Standard Bible®
This Jesus is

King James Version
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Lexham English Bible
This one is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

Literal Translation
This One is the Stone counted worthless by you the builders, the One who has come to be into the Head of the Corner; Psa. 118:22

Young's Literal Translation
`This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the stone refused of you buylders, which is become the heade corner stone,

Mace New Testament (1729)
this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but is become the chief of the angle.

New English Translation
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone .

New King James Version
This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Psalms 118:22">[fn]

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus even said, 'The bull the ranchers sorted out has now become the sire bull.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone.

Legacy Standard Bible
He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

Contextual Overview

⁵On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem; ⁶and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent. ⁷When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, "By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?" ⁸Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court], ⁹if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health, ¹⁰let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health. ¹¹"This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. ¹²"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]." ¹³Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the stone: Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:23, Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 21:42-45, Mark 12:10-12, Luke 20:16-18, 1 Peter 2:6-8

you: Acts 7:52, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27, Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 58:1, Isaiah 58:2, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:7-11, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:19, Ezekiel 33:7-9, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1

the head: Zechariah 3:9, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:7, Ephesians 2:20-22

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:24 - the stone Daniel 2:34 - a stone Zechariah 9:14 - seen Zechariah 11:13 - a goodly Luke 20:17 - The stone John 7:15 - How Acts 2:23 - ye have Acts 2:36 - that same Acts 5:28 - intend Acts 5:30 - ye slew Acts 5:31 - hath Acts 7:27 - Who Romans 14:10 - set 1 Corinthians 1:27 - General 1 Corinthians 3:9 - ye are God's building 1 Corinthians 3:11 - General 1 Peter 2:4 - disallowed 1 Peter 2:7 - the stone

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the cattle, And more than any animal of the field; On your belly you shall go, And dust you shall eat All the days of your life.

Genesis 4:14
"Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Your face (presence) I will be hidden, and I will be a fugitive and an [aimless] vagabond on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective] mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him.

Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the LORD, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock.

Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal; he became the father of all those [musicians] who play the lyre and flute.

Genesis 4:26
To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].

Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].

Isaiah 26:21
Listen carefully, the LORD is about to come out of His [heavenly] place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing]; The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her And will no longer cover her slain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This is the stone,.... That is, this Jesus of Nazareth, by whose name the lame man was made whole, is that stone spoken of in

Psalms 118:22 by whom is meant the true Messiah, comparable to a stone, for his strength and duration, and usefulness, as a foundation and corner stone, in the spiritual building of the church; and yet notwithstanding is the stone

which was set at nought of you builders: the priests, elders, and Scribes; who were fond of being called builders, but made miserable work of it; despising and rejecting the stone of Israel, and instead of him as a foundation, built themselves, and others, on the traditions of the elders, and their own righteousness: but though Christ was rejected by them, both in person and in doctrine, and was ignominiously treated, and at last put to death, yet he was raised from the dead, and exalted at the right hand of God; and is the stone,

which is become the head of the corner; or the chief corner stone, that adorns, strengthens, knits, and keeps together, the whole building; in which Jews and Gentiles, saints in all ages and places, even all the elect of God, are united together;

Psalms 118:22- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the stone - This passage is found in Psalms 118:22. It is quoted, also, by our Saviour as applicable to himself. See the notes on Matthew 21:42. The ancient Jews applied this to David. In the Targum on Psalms 118:22, this passage is rendered, “The child who was among the sons of Jesse, and was worthy to be constituted king, the builders rejected.” The New Testament writers, however, apply it without any doubt to the Messiah. Compare Isaiah 28:16; Romans 9:33; Ephesians 2:20. And from this passage we may learn that God will overrule the devices and plans of wicked men to accomplish his own purposes. What people despise and set at naught, he esteems of inestimable value in his kingdom. What the great and the mighty contemn, he regards as the very foundation and cornerstone of the edifice which he designs to rear. Nothing has been more remarkable than this in the history of man; and in nothing is more contempt thrown on the proud projects of people, than that what they have rejected God has made the very basis of his schemes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:11. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders — By your rejection and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, you have fulfilled one of your own prophecies, Psalms 118:22; and, as one part of this prophecy is now so literally fulfilled, ye may rest assured, so shall the other; and this rejected stone shall speedily become the head stone of the corner. Matthew 21:42.