as the key stone at the top of a corner of the building. Two prophetic allusions develop the metaphor of a significant stone (though not in the same architectural setting): in Isaiah 8:14–15 God himself will be a stone on which people will stumble and be broken, while in Daniel 2:34–35, 44–45 God’s final triumphant kingdom is a rock that will strike down and pulverize all preceding powers. New Testament authors enjoyed collecting “stone” prophecies to illustrate the triumph of Christ (see Acts 4:11;