Isaiah 8:14
Matthew 11:6
6How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!”Isa 8:14-15; Matt 13:57; 24:10; 26:31; Rom 9:32-33; 1Cor 1:23; 2:14; Gal 5:11; 1Pet 2:8Matthew 13:57
57And they were offended by him.But Jesus told them, “A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home.”Matt 11:6; Mark 6:3-4; Luke 4:24; John 4:44Luke 2:34
34Then Simeon ▼▼Lit. he
blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall or rise. He will be a sign that will be disputed,Isa 8:14; Hos 14:9; Matt 21:44; Acts 28:22; Rom 9:32-33; 1Cor 1:23-24; 2Cor 2:16; 1Pet 2:7-8 John 6:60
60The Words of Eternal LifeWhen many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult statement. Who can accept ▼▼Lit. listen to
it?”Matt 11:6; John 6:66 John 6:66
66As a result, ▼▼Or From this time
many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated ▼▼Lit. walked
with him.John 6:60 Romans 9:32
32Why not? Because they did not pursue it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.Luke 2:34; 1Cor 1:231 Corinthians 15:14
14and if Christ has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your ▼▼Other mss. read our
faith means nothing. 1 Corinthians 15:18
18Yes, even those who have died ▼▼Lit. have fallen asleep
in Christ are lost. Galatians 5:11
11As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of ▼▼The Gk lacks the necessity of
circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.1Cor 1:23; 15:30; Gal 4:29 1 Peter 2:8
8a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on.” ▼▼Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14
Exod 9:16; Isa 8:14; Luke 2:34; Rom 9:22, 33; 1Cor 1:23; 1Thes 5:9; Jude 1:4They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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