Acts 4:11
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
KJV
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφ’ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδόμων, ὁ γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας.
Greek NT
Hic est lapis qui reprobatus est a vobis ædificantibus, qui factus est in caput anguli :
Vulgate
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
ASV
This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 118:22 · exact_quote"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."Psalm 118: the stone the builders rejected — Peter before the Sanhedrin
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- οἰκοδόμων — SBLGNT
- οἰκοδόμων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οἰκοδομούντων — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§756"Often, too, the Church is called the building of God. the Lord compared himself to the stone which the builders rejected, but which was made into the comer-stone. On this foundation the Church is built by the apostles and from it the Church receives solidity and unity. This edifice has many names to describe it: the house of God in which his family dwells; the household of God…
1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel. That people which was called of old the people of God was divided into twelve tribes, and over and above the other tribes it had the levitical order, which itself again carried on the service of God in various priestly and levitical suborders. In the same manner, it appears to me that the whole people of Christ, when we regard it in t…
Luther denies that the Pope is the head of all Christendom by divine right. The Church is built on Christ alone, not on Peter or his successors. The papal claim to universal jurisdiction finds no warrant in Scripture and has led to tyranny over consciences. Luther will not acknowledge the Pope as head of the Church, for this would subject Christ's Gospel to human authority.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:27 — But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
- 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
- 1Cor 3:11 — For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- 1Pet 2:4 — To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
- 1Pet 2:6 — Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
- 1Pet 2:7 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
- Acts 2:36 — Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
- Dan 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Eph 2:20 — And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Eph 2:20 — And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Isa 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
- Isa 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
- Luke 20:16 — He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- Luke 20:17 — And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
- Mark 12:10 — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- Mark 12:10 — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- Matt 21:42 — Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes
- Matt 21:42 — Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes
- Ps 118:22 — The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
- Ps 118:22 — The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
- Zech 3:9 — For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that lan
- Zech 4:6 — Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Zech 4:7 — Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.