Mat 21:42, 1Pe 2:7 | JFB | e4.org | 42. Jesus saith unto them. Did ye never read in the scriptures — ( ). The stone which the builders rejected, &c.—A bright Messianic prophecy, which reappears in various forms ( , &c.), and was made glorious use of by Peter before the Sanhedrim ( ). He recurs to it in his first epistle ( ).

‏ Matthew 21:42

42. Jesus saith unto them. Did ye never read in the scriptures— (Ps 118:22, 23).

The stone which the builders rejected, &c.—A bright Messianic prophecy, which reappears in various forms (Isa 28:16, &c.), and was made glorious use of by Peter before the Sanhedrim (Ac 4:11). He recurs to it in his first epistle (1Pe 2:4-6).

‏ 1 Peter 2:7

7. Application of the Scripture just quoted first to the believer, then to the unbeliever. On the opposite effects of the same Gospel on different classes, compare Joh 9:39; 2Co 2:15, 16.

precious—Greek, "THE preciousness" (1Pe 2:6). To you believers belongs the preciousness of Christ just mentioned.

disobedient—to the faith, and so disobedient in practice.

the stone which . . . head of . . . corner— (Ps 118:22). Those who rejected the STONE were all the while in spite of themselves unconsciously contributing to its becoming Head of the corner. The same magnet has two poles, the one repulsive, the other attractive; so the Gospel has opposite effects on believers and unbelievers respectively.