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"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whoever it falls on to dust."
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Two Paths of Rejection
Commentator John Gill explains that this verse describes two distinct responses to Jesus from unbelievers. To "fall on that stone" is to stumble over Christ and be offended by Him, leading to self-inflicted spiritual harm. For the stone to "fall on" someone is to receive active, final judgment from Christ, resulting in complete and irreversible destruction.
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Shall be broken to pieces (συνθλασθησετα). Future passive indicative of συνθλαω, a rather late compound, only here in the N.T. unl…
19th Century
Anglican
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone.—See Note on Matthew 21:44. The verse, which is omitted by many of the best MSS. in St. Matthew, is f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whosoever shall fall on that stone, shall be broken , &c.] Not who shall fall upon Ch…
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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…