6Wherefore 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.
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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.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; …
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-12)I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much of their religion in their magnificent temple, and who understood the prophetical style, which calls the Messiah a stone ( Isa. 8:14 ; 28:16 ), it would appear very elegant and proper. 1. In this met…
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