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But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, `The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the chief cornerstone?`
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A Piercing Glance
Commentators note that Jesus didn't just see the religious leaders; he fixed them with a "piercing glance." Scholars explain this intense look, unique to Luke's account, underscored the gravity of their impending rejection of him and the judgment that would follow.
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He looked upon them (εμβλεψας αυτοις). Not in Mark and Matthew. First aorist active participle of εμβλεπω, to look on. It was a pi…
19th Century
Anglican
And he beheld them.—Better, He looked on them. The Greek verb implies the gaze turned and fixed on its object, i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he beheld them Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that trul…
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Presbyterian
Christ spoke this parable against those who resolved not to acknowledge His authority, though the evidence for it was so compelling. How many resem…
