Luk 20:18 | NET2full | STEP | Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces , and the one on whom it falls will be crushed .”

‏ Luke 20:18

18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, ^{▼▼tn On this term, see BDAG 972 s.v. συνθλάω.} and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ^{▼▼tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”} ^{▼▼sn This proverb basically means that the stone crushes, without regard to whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. On the stone as a messianic image, see Isa 28:16 and Dan 2:44-45.}