Mat 21:42 | PNT | STEP | The stone which the builders rejected . "The Scripture" that speaks of this stone is --a psalm which the Jews applied to the Messiah. Peter twice applied it to him ( ). 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 ( ).

Matthew 21:42

The stone which the builders rejected. "The Scripture" that speaks of this stone is Ps 118:22,23--a psalm which the Jews applied to the Messiah. Peter twice applied it to him (Ac 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 (1Pe 2:6 Isa 28:16).