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This was from the Lord, It is marvelous in our eyes`?"
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A Prophecy of Exaltation
Commentators agree that "This" refers to the event described in the previous verse: the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone. Scholars like John Gill and the Expositor's Bible Commentary clarify this is Jesus applying Psalm 118 to himself, foretelling his own rejection, death, and ultimate exaltation through the resurrection.
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This (αυτη). Feminine in LXX may refer to
kephal (head) or may be due to the Hebrew original
19th Century
Anglican
This was the Lord’s doing.—Better, This was from the Lord. The pronoun in the Greek is in the feminine, agreeing…
The quotation is from Ps 118:22–23, the same psalm from which the joyful Hosanna cry came (cf. 11:9). In the OT context the reference to “the stone…
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