Matthew 21:42 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 42.) Jesus said to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner? This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. (Psalm 118:22-23). Various parables and different teachings are woven into this story. For those whom he previously called workers, vine-dressers, and farmers, he now calls builders, that is, masons. Hence the Apostle says: You are God's field, you are God's building. (1 Corinthians 3:9).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The builders - The scribes and priests, whose office it was to build up the Church. Is become the head of the corner - Or the chief corner stone: he is become the foundation of the Church, on which the whole building rests, and is the principal corner stone, for uniting the Gentiles to it, as the chief corner stone of a house supports and links its two sides together.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The stone - R. Solom. Jarchi, on Mic 5:1-15, says, this stone means the Messiah, אכן משיח: Abarbanel is of the same opinion. This seems to have been originally spoken of David who was at first rejected by the Jewish rulers, but was afterwards chosen by the Lord to be the great ruler of his people Israel. The quotation is taken from Psa 118:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Did ye never read in the scriptures-- (Ps 118:22, 23). The stone which the builders rejected, &c.--A bright Messianic prophecy, which reappears in various forms (Isa 28:16, &c.), and was made glorious use of by Peter before the Sanhedrim (Ac 4:11).

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λέγει	Legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
οὐδέποτε	oudepote	surely sometime	G3763 →
ἀνέγνωτε	anegnōte	you did read	G314 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
γραφαῖς·	graphais	Scriptures:	G1124 →
λίθον	lithon	[The] stone	G3037 →
ὃν	hon	which	G3739 →
ἀπεδοκίμασαν	apedokimasan	rejected	G593 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
οἰκοδομοῦντες,	oikodomountes	building,	G3618 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
ἐγενήθη	egenēthē	has become	G1096 →
εἰς	eis	the	G1519 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	chief	G2776 →
γωνίας.	gōnias	corner.	G1137 →
παρὰ	para	From	G3844 →
κυρίου	kuriou	[the] Lord	G2962 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	was	G1096 →
αὕτη,	hautē	this,	G3778 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
θαυμαστὴ	thaumastē	marvelous	G2298 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ὀφθαλμοῖς	ophthalmois	[the] eyes	G3788 →
ἡμῶν;¶	hēmōn	of us?’	G3165 →

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

The walk

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
Isaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
leads to
- Psalms 118:22
  The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 4:11–12
  This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- 1 Peter 2:6–8
  For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Luke 20:17–18
  But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- 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
Acts 4:11
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
leads to
- Isaiah 28:16
  So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 118:22–23
  The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Through
Ephesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:4–5
  As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew