Luke 20:17

But Jesus ¹  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’? ² 

Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Zec 3:9; Mt 21:42; Mr 3:5; Mr 10:23; Mr 12:10; Lu 19:41; Lu 22:37; Lu 22:61; Lu 24:44; Joh 15:25; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:7,8

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² 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.