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The stone the builders rejected

The psalm sings of a stone the builders threw away that became the cornerstone. Peter told the council that Jesus, whom they crucified and God raised, is that stone, and Peter's letter repeats it.

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Old TestamentPsalms 118:22Open this record
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New TestamentActs 4:11Open this record

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The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
Psalms 118:22 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Acts 4:11 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Acts 4:11 quotes Psalms 118:22.

Before the council Peter calls Jesus the rejected stone that became the cornerstone.

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