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Matthew 21:42
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40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 aThey said to Him, b“He will destroy those wicked men miserably, cand lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will1 render to him the fruits in their seasons.”  
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
a‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?  
43 “Therefore I say to you, athe kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.  
44 And awhoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, bit will grind him to powder.”  
45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.  
46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they afeared the multitudes, because bthey took Him for a prophet. 
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Matthew 21:42

Matthew 21:42 The stone which the builders rejected. "The Scripture" that speaks of this stone is Psalms 118:22 —a psalm which the Jews applied to the Messiah. Peter twice applied it to him (Acts 4:11 1Pe 2:7). The figure represents a stone rejected by the builders as worthless, and then found to be the chief corner-stone of the building. The stone is Christ, rejected by the Jewish nation, but "the chief corner-stone", for this is what is meant by the "head of the corner". The "corner-stone" joined two walls. Alford thinks this is a reference to the union of Jews and Gentiles in the church. Marvellous. That the rejected stone should become the "chief corner-stone, elect and precious", on which the whole structure of the spiritual temple rests (I Peter 2:6 Isa 28:16).




Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 21:42:

Matthew 16:18
Matthew 21:42
Mark 12:1
Luke 20:9-19
Acts 4:11
1 Corinthians 1:23
1 Peter 2:7

 

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