ISB ~ Luke 20 v17 - 18

Jesus brings together three OT texts that employ the image of a stone:Ps 118:22, Is 8:14-15, and Dan 2:44-45.

• Psalm 118 describes the Messiah as one rejected by Israel’s builders, yet chosen by Yahweh to be the honored foundation stone of a new Temple. Isaiah 8 describes the Lord as a stumbling stone that will trip and destroy the sinners of Israel, especially those in Jerusalem. Daniel 2 recounts a vision in which God destroys the empires of the earth with a crushing stone, replacing them with his messianic kingdom. Similar uses of these texts are found in Rom 9:33 and 1 Pet 2:6-8.