Luke 20:18 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 20:18

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

BSB

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ASV

Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

KJV

Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Luke (1107)

The Lord speaks here of a twofold destruction. One is the destruction of their souls, which they suffered because they were scandalized. For everyone who falls on this stone will be broken. The other is the destruction from the captivity which this stone brought upon …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The parable we have now read, is one of the very few which are recorded more than once by the Gospel writers. Matthew, Mark, and Luke — all give it at full length. This three-fold repetition is alone sufficient to point out the importance of its contents. The parable, no doubt, was specially intended for the Jews to whom it was addressed. But we must not confine its application to them. It contains lessons which should be remembered in all churches of Christ, as long as the world stands.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πᾶς	pas	Everyone	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
πεσὼν	pesōn	falling	G4098 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	on	G1909 →
ἐκεῖνον	ekeinon	that [very]	G1565 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
λίθον	lithon	stone	G3037 →
συνθλασθήσεται·	sunthlasthēsetai	will be broken;	G4917 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	on	G1909 →
ὃν	hon	whomever	G3739 →
δ᾽	d᾽	but	G1161 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
πέσῃ,	pesē	it may fall,	G4098 →
λικμήσει	likmēsei	it will grind into powder	G3039 →
αὐτόν.¶	auton	him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
leads to
- Daniel 2:34–35
  As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 8:14–15
  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.
- 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.
- Daniel 2:44–45
  In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Romans 9:33
  as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Through
Zechariah 12:3
On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
leads to
- Matthew 21:44
  He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Zechariah 14:2–4
  For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…
- Isaiah 66:14–16
  When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke