Discovery BoxLuke 7:30 
Context7:30 However, the Pharisees 1 and the experts in religious law 2 rejected God’s purpose 3 for themselves, because they had not been baptized 4 by John. 5 ) 6
Luke 20:17
Context20:17 But Jesus 7 looked straight at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? 8
1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
2 tn That is, the experts in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 5:17, although the Greek term is not identical there, and Luke 10:25, where it is the same).
3 tn Or “plan.”
4 tn The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisqente") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as means (“for themselves, by not having been baptized”). This is similar to the translation found in the NRSV.
5 tn Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 sn Luke 7:29-30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.
sn The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22-23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and his suffering and exaltation is common in the NT (see also Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:6-8; cf. also Eph 2:20). The irony in the use of Ps 118:22-23 here is that in the OT, Israel was the one rejected (or perhaps her king) by the Gentiles, but in the NT it is Jesus who is rejected by Israel.
