the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 118:22
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The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.
The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the head of the corner.
The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone.
The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone.
The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
The stoon which the bilderis repreueden; this is maad in to the heed of the corner.
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
The stone that the builders tossed aside has now become the most important stone.
The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.
The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
The very rock that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone!
[The] stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:
The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone.
The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.
The stone which the builders refused: is become the head stone of the corner.
The stone that was put aside by the workmen has become the most important stone in the building.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
The stone, which the builders refused, is the head of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the headstone of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.
A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner:
(117-22) The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
The same stone which the buylders refused: is become the head stone of the corner.
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.
The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
The stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
The Stone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the Corner.
A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.
The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the heade stone in the corner.
A stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone.
The stone which the builders rejectedHas become the chief corner stone.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The stone: Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Mark 12:11, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11, Ephesians 2:20-22, 1 Peter 2:4-8
the head: Zechariah 4:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:8 - reign over us Genesis 49:24 - the stone Judges 11:5 - to fetch Job 38:6 - fastened Psalms 118:20 - This gate Isaiah 28:16 - Behold Daniel 2:34 - a stone Zechariah 3:9 - the stone Mark 8:31 - rejected Luke 19:38 - Blessed Luke 24:44 - in the psalms Acts 2:33 - by Acts 7:35 - the same Romans 9:33 - Behold 1 Corinthians 3:9 - ye are God's building 1 Peter 2:7 - the stone Revelation 15:3 - Great
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The stone [which] the builders refused,.... This is not Zerubabel, according to the sense of some Jews, as Theodoret suggests; nor the people of Israel, as Jarchi and Kimchi; nor David, as the Targum, which paraphrases the words,
"the child the builders despised was among the sons of Jesse, and deserved to be appointed a king and a governor.''
He doubtless was a type of Christ, and there was some shadow of what is here said in him: he was refused by all the tribes but Judah; Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, was set upon the throne, though afterwards all Israel and Judah united in making David king, 2 Samuel 2:8. But the Messiah is intended, as some ancient Jewish writers e own, and Jarchi himself elsewhere f confesses; and which is certain from the quotation and application of this passage to Christ, in Matthew 21:42 Acts 4:11; who is compared to a stone for his strength and duration; and because of his usefulness in the spiritual building of the church, as a foundation and corner stone; Acts 4:11- :. Him the Jewish builders refused; their political ones, their rulers, that believed not on him; the princes of this world, that rose up against him and crucified him; even those who were the support of their civil state, and the maintainers of it: but more especially their ecclesiastical builders, the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, who built the people, or directed them to build on their carnal privileges, the traditions of the elders, and their own legal righteousness. These refused to receive Jesus as the Messiah, and to believe in him; they refused to own and honour him as King of Zion; they refused his doctrines and ordinances; they refused to hear him preach, or suffer others to hear him; they refused to make use of him in the spiritual building, either to preach him themselves, or allow others to do it; they rejected him with contempt; they set him at nought, and preferred a thief and a robber to him;
is become the head [stone] of the corner; Christ is the corner stone, that unites elect angels and elect men together, Jews and Gentiles, Old and New Testament saints, saints above and below, saints in all ages and places; and he is the head stone, or chief corner stone, for strength and beauty, and the head of the corner; or of persons most eminent, who are sometimes called the corner, Judges 20:2. Christ is exalted above all; he is the head of principalities and powers, the angels; he is made higher than the kings of the earth; and is the head of the body, the church, an head both of eminence and influence.
e Zohar in Exod. fol. 93. 3. Vid. Tikkune Zohar, Correct. 5. fol. 15. 2. f Comment. in Mic. v. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The stone which the builders refused - See the notes at Matthew 21:42-43. Compare Mark 12:10-11; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7. This is an allusion to a building, as if a stone should be cast away by workmen as unfit to be worked into the edifice. The figure would then be applicable to anyone who, for any purpose, was rejected. Thus it might have been applied many a time to David; so, doubtless, to others who urged claims to authority and power; and so, eminently, to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not to suppose that this had original reference to the Messiah, but the language was applicable to him; and it is used in the passages above referred to, in addresses to the Jews, merely to show them how the principle was found in their own writings, that one who was rejected, like a stone regarded as unfit to be worked into any part of a building, might be in reality so important that it would be laid yet at the very corner, and become the most valuable stone in the edifice - that on which the whole superstructure would rest.
Is become the head stone of the corner - The principal stone placed at the corner of the edifice. This is usually one of the largest, the most solid, and the most carefully constructed of any in the edifice. Of course one would be needed at each corner of the building to constitute a firm support, but usually there is one placed at one corner of an edifice larger and more carefully made than the others, often laid with imposing ceremonies, and prepared to contain whatever it may be thought necessary to deposit in the foundation of the building to be transmitted to future times as preserving the names of the builders, or expressing the design of the edifice. Such a position he who had been rejected was to occupy in the civil polity of his country; such a position eminently the Lord Jesus occupies in relation to the church. Ephesians 2:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 118:22-23. The stone which the builders refused — See a full elucidation of these two verses in Clarke's notes on "Matthew 21:42".
