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Shall be broken to pieces (συνθλασθησετα). Some ancient manuscripts do not have this verse. But it graphically pictures the fate o…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Whosoever shall fall, etc. There is an allusion here, undoubtedly, to Isaiah 8:14-15. Having made an allusion to himself as a Stone
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Whoever shall fall on this stone — There is a clear reference to the “stumbling and falling and being broken” of Isaiah 8:14-15. I…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Those who stumble over Christ, the chief cornerstone of the Church, are injured. They suffer grievous bruising and breaking, but He remains unhurt.…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. John Chrysostom: The purpose of this further parable is to show that their guilt was heinous and unworthy of forgiveness. …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Jesus explains further the meaning of the parable. Up to this time the Jewish religious leaders were the principal means by which God exercised his…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
And he who shall fall on this stone. Christ confirms more fully the former statement: he suffers no loss or diminution when he is rejected…
John Gill
JohnGill
And whosoever shall fall on this stone This is not to be understood of believing in Christ, or of a soul's casting itself on Christ…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; and what is spoken to convict them is spoken to caution all who enjoy the pr…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson