Mat 21:42-45 | RWP | e4.org | The stone which ( λιθον ον ). Inverse attraction of the antecedent into the case of the relative. The builders rejected ( απεδοκιμασαν ο οικοδομουντες ). From . A most telling quotation. These experts in building God's temple had rejected the corner-stone chosen by God for his own house. But God has the last word and sets aside the building experts and puts his Son as the Head of the corner. It was a withering indictment.

‏ Matthew 21:42-45

The stone which ( λιθον ον ). Inverse attraction of the antecedent into the case of the relative.

The builders rejected ( απεδοκιμασαν ο οικοδομουντες ). From Ps 118:22. A most telling quotation. These experts in building God's temple had rejected the corner-stone chosen by God for his own house. But God has the last word and sets aside the building experts and puts his Son as the Head of the corner. It was a withering indictment.

Shall be taken away from you ( αρθησετα αφ' υμων ). Future passive indicative of αιρω. It was the death-knell of the Jewish nation with their hopes of political and religious world leadership.

Shall be broken to pieces ( συνθλασθησετα ). Some ancient manuscripts do not have this verse. But it graphically pictures the fate of the man who rejects Christ. The verb means to shatter. We are familiar with an automobile that dashes against a stone wall, a tree, or a train and the ruin that follows.

Will scatter him as dust ( λικμησε ). The verb was used of winnowing out the chaff and then of grinding to powder. This is the fate of him on whom this Rejected Stone falls.

Perceived ( εγνωσαν ). Ingressive second aorist active of γινωσκω. There was no mistaking the meaning of these parables. The dullest could see the point.