Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 21:42
The stone which the builders rejected. "The Scripture" that speaks
of this stone is Psalms 118:22 --a psalm which the Jews applied to
the Messiah. Peter twice applied it to him (Acts 4:11 1Pe 2:7). The
figure represents a stone rejected by the builders as worthless, and
then found to be the chief corner-stone of the building. The stone is
Christ, rejected by the Jewish nation, but "the chief corner-stone",
for this is what is meant by the "head of the corner". The
"corner-stone" joined two walls. Alford thinks this is a reference to
the union of Jews and Gentiles in the church.
Marvellous. That the rejected stone should become the "chief
corner-stone, elect and precious", on which the whole structure of the
spiritual temple rests (1 Peter 2:6 Isa 28:16).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 16:18
Matthew 21:42
Mark 12:1
Luke 20:9-19
Acts 4:11
1 Corinthians 1:23
1 Peter 2:7
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