Mat 21:42 | NETfull | STEP | 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 ’?

Matthew 21:42

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘ The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ^{▼▼ Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20–22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalē gōnias) refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.} ^{▼▼ The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22–23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and his suffering and exaltation is common in the NT (see also Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:6–8; cf. also Eph 2:20). The irony in the use of Ps 118:22–23 here is that in the OT, Israel was the one rejected (or perhaps her king) by the Gentiles, but in the NT it is Jesus who is rejected by Israel.}
This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes ’? ^{▼▼ A quotation from Ps 118:22–23.}