![]() The Greek phrase is kephalēn gōnias, literally meaning "head of the corner." In either case, it is the stone on which the entire structure ultimately relies on to remain upright. Instead, whichever corner was lowest would be the location of the strongest, most important stone-which effectively held up the entire structure.Īlternatively, scholars suggest the phrase refers to the final keystone at the top of an arch. Prior to modern building techniques, it was extremely difficult to make the ground under a building perfectly level. Though rejected by them, the stone, Jesus, has become the cornerstone or "head of the corner," the most important stone in the structure. The builders are Israel's leaders, including the chief priests and Pharisees standing near Him. Jesus applies these Old Testament words to Himself. These are words these religious leaders were angry to hear from the crowd, and from the children who later repeated them (Matthew 21:15). The translation used by Jesus matches that of modern English Bibles. Jesus is referencing verses 22–23, which are found just before the words used to praise Him as He entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (Psalm 118:25–26 Matthew 21:9). The passage Jesus quotes comes from Psalm 118, one of the psalms used in the Passover season. He knows they have, but He asks the rhetorical question to show that they have missed the point of what they have read and studied. Jesus once more asks a group of Israel's powerful and well-educated religious leaders if they have ever read a particular passage from the Scriptures. Matthew 21:42, CSB: Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures:The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.This is what the Lord has doneand it is wonderful in our eyes? ![]() This is the LORD's doing, and it is wonderful to see.' Matthew 21:42, NLT: Then Jesus asked them, 'Didn't you ever read this in the Scriptures? 'The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. Matthew 21:42, NASB: Jesus *said to them, 'Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’? Matthew 21:42, 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? Matthew 21:42, ESV: Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Matthew 21:42 Parallel Verses Matthew 21:42, NIV: Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: ''The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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