1 Corinthians 1:23 BSB

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

KJV

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Christ crucified--The Greek expresses not the mere fact of His crucifixion, but the permanent character acquired by the transaction, whereby He is now a Saviour (Ga 3:1) crucified was the stone on which the Jews stumbled (Mt 21:44).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ crucified is a stumbling-block to the Jews. They could not get over it. They had a conceit that their expected Messiah was to be a great temporal prince, and therefore would never own one who made so mean an appearance in life, and died so accursed a death, for their deliverer and king.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
κηρύσσομεν	kērussomen	preach	G2784 →
Χριστὸν	Christon	Christ	G5547 →
ἐσταυρωμένον,	estaurōmenon	crucified,	G4717 →
Ἰουδαίοις	Ioudaiois	to [the] Jews	G2453 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
σκάνδαλον	skandalon	a stumbling block	G4625 →
ἔθνεσιν	ethnesin	to Gentiles	G1484 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
μωρίαν	mōrian	foolishness	G3472 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:18
  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- Romans 8:5–8
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- Matthew 13:11–17
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 1 John 2:27
  And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
Through
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
leads to
- Galatians 6:14
  But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- 1 Corinthians 1:22–25
  Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
Through
1 Peter 2:8
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:14
  And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.