Acts 4:11
New International Version
Jesus is “’the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

New Living Translation
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’

English Standard Version
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.

Berean Standard Bible
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

Berean Literal Bible
This is 'the stone having been rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

King James Bible
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

New King James Version
This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’

New American Standard Bible
He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

NASB 1995
“He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone.

NASB 1977
“He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone.

Legacy Standard Bible
He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone.

Amplified Bible
This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

Christian Standard Bible
This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.

American Standard Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“This is the stone which you builders have rejected, and he is The Head of the corner.”

Contemporary English Version
He is the stone you builders thought was worthless, and now he is the most important stone of all.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.

English Revised Version
He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He is the stone that the builders rejected, the stone that has become the cornerstone.

Good News Translation
Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, 'The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'

International Standard Version
He is 'the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.'

Literal Standard Version
This is the stone that was set at nothing by you—the builders, that became head of a corner;

Majority Standard Bible
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

New American Bible
He is ‘the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.’

NET Bible
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

New Revised Standard Version
This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’

New Heart English Bible
He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

Webster's Bible Translation
This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Weymouth New Testament
This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone.

World English Bible
He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

Young's Literal Translation
'This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

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Context
Peter and John Before the Council
10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”…

Cross References
Psalm 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Isaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Mark 9:12
He replied, "Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?


Treasury of Scripture

This is the stone which was set at nothing of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

the stone.

Psalm 118:22,23
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner…

Isaiah 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.

Matthew 21:42-45
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? …

you.

Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Acts 20:26,27
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

the head.

Zechariah 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 land in one day.

Zechariah 4:6,7
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…

Ephesians 2:20-22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; …

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Acts 4
1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.














(11) This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders.--Better, of you, the builders. The members of the Council to whom Peter spoke had heard those words (Psalm 118:22) quoted and interpreted before. (See Notes on Matthew 21:42-44.) Then they had thought, in their blindness, that they could defy the warning. They, by their calling, the builders of the Church of Israel, did reject the stone which God had chosen to be the chief corner-stone--the stone on which the two walls of Jew and Gentile met and were bonded together (Ephesians 2:20). Here again the Epistles of St. Peter reproduce one of the dominant thoughts of his speeches (1Peter 2:6-8), and give it a wider application. Thirty years after he thus spoke, Christ was still to him as "the head of the corner."

Set at nought.--St. Peter does not quote the Psalm, but alludes to it with a free variation of language. The word for "set at nought" is characteristic of St. Luke (Luke 18:9; Luke 23:11) and St. Paul (Romans 14:3; Romans 14:10, et al.). . . .

Verse 11. - He for this, A.V.; the builders for builders, A.V.; was made for is become, A.V. He is the stone. He had just appealed to their own senses; he now adds the witness of their own prophets. These had declared that the stone which was set at naught by the builders should become the chief corner-stone; just as it had come to pass. The quotation is from Psalm 118:22; only St. Luke here substitutes the word ἐξουθενεῖν, to set at naught, for that used by the LXX., ἀποδοκιμάζειν, to refuse, or reject as unfit. The word ἐξουθενεῖν is applied directly to our Saviour in Luke 23:11, and the similar word, ἐξουδενόειν, in Mark 9:11.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[He]
οὗτός (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

‘the
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

stone
λίθος (lithos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

you
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

builders
οἰκοδόμων (oikodomōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3618: From the same as oikodome; to be a house-builder, i.e. Construct or confirm.

rejected,
ἐξουθενηθεὶς (exouthenētheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1848: To set at naught, ignore, despise. A variation of exoudenoo and meaning the same.

which
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

has become
γενόμενος (genomenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[the] cornerstone.’
κεφαλὴν (kephalēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.


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