20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Forgiveness
• Judgment
• Messianic Promise
• Redemption

• Simeon's Prophecy

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
• 1Cor 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
• 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,
• 1Pet 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• 1Pet 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 1Sam 2:20 — And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
• 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
• 2Cor 2:16 — To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
• 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.
• Acts 3:15 — And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Acts 4:26 — The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
• Acts 6:7 — And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
• Acts 9:1 — And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
• Acts 13:45 — But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
• Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• Gen 27:4 — And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
• Heb 7:7 — And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
• Heb 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
• Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• Isa 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Isa 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Isa 8:18 — Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
• Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
• John 5:18 — Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
• Lev 9:22 — And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
• Luke 7:23 — And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
• Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
• Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Matt 13:57 — And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
• Matt 21:44 — And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
• Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
• Ps 37:24 — Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
• Ps 71:7 — I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
• Rom 9:32 — Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
• Rom 9:32 — Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;