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Luke 20:17

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20:17But Jesus38 looked straight at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?39

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  1. 38 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 39 Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20–22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kephalē gōnias) refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone. The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22–23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and his suffering and exaltation is common in the NT (see also Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:6–8; cf. also Eph 2:20). The irony in the use of Ps 118:22–23 here is that in the OT, Israel was the one rejected (or perhaps her king) by the Gentiles, but in the NT it is Jesus who is rejected by Israel.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

“ ‘The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone’?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:

“ ‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone’?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone?

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what does this Scripture mean?

‘The stone that the builders rejected

has now become the cornerstone.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But he looked intently at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

‘The stone which the builders rejected,

this has become the cornerstone.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?