...as appointed to destruction. " Unto you, therefore, who believe, he is precious; but unto them, who be disobedient, the stone, which the builders disallowed;...stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed*" Jude mentions certain...

...Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe, he is precious :...disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient...

...not be offended in me." " Unto you, therefore, who believe, he is precious : But unto them, who are disobedient, the stone, which the builders disallowed,...of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them, who stumble at the word, being disobedient ; whereunto also they were appointed." Christ.says " No...

...unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, is become the chief stone of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock...stumble at the word, being disobedient ; whereunto they were appointed." Considering Christ to be here meant, nothing more follows from it, than this:<...

...that he was the Lord Jehovah. " Unto you, therefore, which believe (says the Apostle,) he (Christ) is precious ; but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed is made the head of the corner ; and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence b." The Lord, the...

...things that they understand not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption. I. Pet. ii. 8. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which atumble at the word, being disobedient ; whereunto also they were appointed. John xii. 39, 40. Therefore...

...be seen in the Bible printed at London, anno 1683, where it is read thqs : " And a rock of oft'ence, even to them which, stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they are appointed." Is not this to say positively, that God is author of men's disobedience or rebellion...

...contained in Scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you, therefore,...of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence." Both these passages evidently refer to Isaiah, in the passage above quoted, and in chap,...

...that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre." 1 Pet. ii. 8: "And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, even...disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed." Jude 4: "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,...

...appreciate, and even they only to a limited degree, the inestimable worth of the Lord Jesus. As Peter wrote, "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:...disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed." The word translated "precious" is entimos, which means "of great price, costly in the superlative degree."...