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Legacy Standard Bible

Acts 4:11

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Builder;   Caiaphas;   Cornerstone;   Courage;   Court;   Defense;   Government;   John;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Peter;   Priest;   Prophecy;   Quotations and Allusions;   Stones;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Corner-Stone, Christ;   Foundation, Spiritual;   Security-Insecurity;   The Topic Concordance - Foundation;   Jesus Christ;   Rejection;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Boldness, Holy;   Confessing Christ;   Resurrection of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cornerstone;   Holy spirit;   Peter;   Quotations;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Capstone;   Psalms, Theology of;   Salvation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrim;   Stone;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Miracles;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Cornerstone;   Head;   Headstone;   Sanhedrin;   Worship;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corner, Corner-Stone;   Faith;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Stone;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles (2);   Atonement (2);   Caesarea Philippi;   Despise;   Evangelist (2);   Head;   Headship;   Holy Spirit;   Lord;   Mediation Mediator;   Mediator;   Pre-Eminence ;   Preaching Christ;   Psalms (2);   Rejection;   Stone;   Type;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Builder;   Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Builders;   Corner;   Head;   Stone;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Builder;   Christ, Offices of;   Corner-Stone;   Peter, the First Epistle of;   Quotations, New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This Jesus is
King James Version (1611)
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
King James Version
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
English Standard Version
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
New American Standard Bible
"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.
New Century Version
Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.' Psalm 118:22
Amplified Bible
"This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone.
Berean Standard Bible
He is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'
Contemporary English Version
He is the stone that you builders thought was worthless, and now he is the most important stone of all.
Complete Jewish Bible
"This Yeshua is the stone rejected by you builders which has become the cornerstone .
Darby Translation
*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders thought was not important. But this stone has become the cornerstone.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.
George Lamsa Translation
This is the stone which you builders have rejected, which is become the head of the corner.
Good News Translation
Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, ‘The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'
Lexham English Bible
This one is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.
Literal Translation
This One is the Stone counted worthless by you the builders, the One who has come to be into the Head of the Corner; Psa. 118:22
American Standard Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
Bible in Basic English
He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
Hebrew Names Version
He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which was made the head of the corner.'
International Standard Version
He isPsalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 21:42;">[xr] 'the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.'capstone
; Psalm 118:22">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
This is the stone which you builders rejected, and he is become the head of the corner.
Murdock Translation
This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner:
English Revised Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
World English Bible
He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which was made the head of the corner.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
This is the stone which was set at nought by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Weymouth's New Testament
This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the stoon, which was repreued of you bildinge, which is maad in to the heed of the corner;
Update Bible Version
He is the stone which was set at nothing of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
Webster's Bible Translation
This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
New English Translation
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone .
New King James Version
This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Psalms 118:22">[fn]
New Living Translation
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'
New Life Bible
Christ is the Stone that was put aside by you workmen. But He has become the most important Stone in the building.
New Revised Standard
This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the stone, set at nought by you the builders, which became the head of the corner;
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Revised Standard Version
This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This is ye stone cast a syde of you bylders which is set in the chefe place of the corner.
Young's Literal Translation
`This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the stone refused of you buylders, which is become the heade corner stone,
Mace New Testament (1729)
this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but is become the chief of the angle.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus even said, 'The bull the ranchers sorted out has now become the sire bull.'

Contextual Overview

5Now it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; 6and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent. 7And when they had placed them in their midst, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?" 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people, 9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man, as to how this man has been saved from his sickness, 10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. 11He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. 12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." 13Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and comprehended that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were marveling, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. 14And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the stone: Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:23, Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 21:42-45, Mark 12:10-12, Luke 20:16-18, 1 Peter 2:6-8

you: Acts 7:52, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27, Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 58:1, Isaiah 58:2, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:7-11, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:19, Ezekiel 33:7-9, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1

the head: Zechariah 3:9, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:7, Ephesians 2:20-22

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:24 - the stone Daniel 2:34 - a stone Zechariah 9:14 - seen Zechariah 11:13 - a goodly Luke 20:17 - The stone John 7:15 - How Acts 2:23 - ye have Acts 2:36 - that same Acts 5:28 - intend Acts 5:30 - ye slew Acts 5:31 - hath Acts 7:27 - Who Romans 14:10 - set 1 Corinthians 1:27 - General 1 Corinthians 3:9 - ye are God's building 1 Corinthians 3:11 - General 1 Peter 2:4 - disallowed 1 Peter 2:7 - the stone

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And Yahweh God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this,Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,And more than every beast of the field;On your belly you will go,And dust you will eatAll the days of your life;
Genesis 4:14
Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
So Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also, a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of Yahweh.
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood,And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His placeTo visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This is the stone,.... That is, this Jesus of Nazareth, by whose name the lame man was made whole, is that stone spoken of in

Psalms 118:22 by whom is meant the true Messiah, comparable to a stone, for his strength and duration, and usefulness, as a foundation and corner stone, in the spiritual building of the church; and yet notwithstanding is the stone

which was set at nought of you builders: the priests, elders, and Scribes; who were fond of being called builders, but made miserable work of it; despising and rejecting the stone of Israel, and instead of him as a foundation, built themselves, and others, on the traditions of the elders, and their own righteousness: but though Christ was rejected by them, both in person and in doctrine, and was ignominiously treated, and at last put to death, yet he was raised from the dead, and exalted at the right hand of God; and is the stone,

which is become the head of the corner; or the chief corner stone, that adorns, strengthens, knits, and keeps together, the whole building; in which Jews and Gentiles, saints in all ages and places, even all the elect of God, are united together;

Psalms 118:22- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the stone - This passage is found in Psalms 118:22. It is quoted, also, by our Saviour as applicable to himself. See the notes on Matthew 21:42. The ancient Jews applied this to David. In the Targum on Psalms 118:22, this passage is rendered, “The child who was among the sons of Jesse, and was worthy to be constituted king, the builders rejected.” The New Testament writers, however, apply it without any doubt to the Messiah. Compare Isaiah 28:16; Romans 9:33; Ephesians 2:20. And from this passage we may learn that God will overrule the devices and plans of wicked men to accomplish his own purposes. What people despise and set at naught, he esteems of inestimable value in his kingdom. What the great and the mighty contemn, he regards as the very foundation and cornerstone of the edifice which he designs to rear. Nothing has been more remarkable than this in the history of man; and in nothing is more contempt thrown on the proud projects of people, than that what they have rejected God has made the very basis of his schemes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:11. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders — By your rejection and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, you have fulfilled one of your own prophecies, Psalms 118:22; and, as one part of this prophecy is now so literally fulfilled, ye may rest assured, so shall the other; and this rejected stone shall speedily become the head stone of the corner. Matthew 21:42.


 
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