1 Peter 2:8 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Peter 2:8

6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
^a“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who¹ are disobedient,
^a“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”

8 and
^a“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.” ^bThey stumble, being disobedient to the word, ^cto which they also were appointed.

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of ^adarkness into His marvelous light;

10 ^awho once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts ^awhich war against the soul,

12 ^ahaving your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^bthey may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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1 Peter 2:8

And (kai). Peter now quotes Isaiah 8:14 and gives a new turn to the previous quotation. To the disbelieving, Christ was indeed "a stone of stumbling (liqov proskommatov) and rock of offence (petra skandalou)," quoted also by Paul in Romans 9:32 f., which see for discussion. Proskomma (from proskoptw, to cut against) is an obstacle against which one strikes by accident, while skandalon is a trap set to trip one, but both make one fall. Too much distinction need not be made between liqov (a loose stone in the path) and petra (a ledge rising out of the ground).

For they (oi). Causal use of the relative pronoun.

Stumble at the word, being disobedient (proskoptousin tw logw apeiqountev). Present active indicative of proskoptw with dative case, logw, and present active participle of apeiqew (cf. apistousin in I Peter 2:7) as in I Peter 3:1. Tw logw can be construed with apeiqountev (stumble, being disobedient to the word).

Whereunto also they were appointed (eiv o kai eteqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of tiqhmi. See this idiom in I Timothy 2:7. "Their disobedience is not ordained, the penalty of their disobedience is" (Bigg). They rebelled against God and paid the penalty.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 2:8:

Mark 6:3
Romans 9:33
1 Peter 3:1

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