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and, "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed.
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Cornerstone or Stumbling Stone?
Commentators explain that Jesus Christ has a dual effect, depending on one's response to Him. For believers, He is the precious, secure foundation of their faith. For the disobedient, however, He becomes a "stone of stumbling." Scholars like John Gill detail how people in Jesus's time stumbled over His humble birth, His association with sinners, and His call to faith, turning the source of salvation into the cause of their own downfall.
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1 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And a stone of stumbling. A stone over which they stumble, or against which they strike. The idea seems to be that of a cornerstone which …
And (κα). Peter now quotes Isa 8:14 and gives a new turn to the previous quotation. To the disbelieving, Christ was indeed "a ston…
19th Century
Anglican
And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence.—Another quotation, no doubt suggested by the word “a stone,” but conveyin…
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Baptist
But unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling,…
The second warning is from Isa 8:14, where the disobedient are portrayed as stumbling over the stone. So Peter warns that those who refuse to belie…
16th Century
Protestant
Which stumble at the word. He points out here the way Christ becomes a stumbling block, specifically when people perversely oppose the wor…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence The apostle alludes to (Isaiah 8:14) and which is a prop…
Evil-speaking is a sign of malice and guile in the heart, and it hinders our benefiting from the word of God. A new life needs suitable food. Infan…
