Psalms 118:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

Psalms 118:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 20:17
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Matthew 21:42
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?
1 Peter 2:4-8
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, …
Acts 4:11
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Mark 12:10-11
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-29)

We have here an illustrious prophecy of the humiliation and exaltation of our Lord Jesus, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow. Peter thus applies it directly to the chief priests and scribes, and none of them could charge him with misapplying it, Acts 4:11. Now observe here, I. The preface with which this precious prophecy is introduced, Ps. 118:19-21. 1. The psalmist desires admissio…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22-23. These words are applied by Christ (Mt 21:42) to Himself, as the foundation of the Church (compare Ac 4:11; Ep 2:20; 1Pe 2:4, 7). It may here denote God’s wondrous exaltation to power and influence of him whom the rulers of the nation despised. Whether (see on Psa 118:1) David or Zerubbabel (compare Hag 2:2; Zec 4:7-10) be primarily meant, there is here typically represented God’s more wonde…