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They stumble at being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed. <a href="/kjv/1_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. <a href="/nkjv/1_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. <a href="/nasb_/1_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and, “A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this they were also appointed. <a href="/nasb/1_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> and, &#8220A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. <a href="/nasb77/1_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and, “A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE”;<PR>for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. <a href="/lsb/1_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and, “A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE.” They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this stumbling they were also appointed. <a href="/amp/1_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and, “A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE”; for they stumble because they disobey the word [of God], and to this they [who reject Him as Savior] were also appointed. <a href="/csb/1_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this. <a href="/hcsb/1_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this. <a href="/asv/1_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. <a href="/cev/1_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over this stone, because they were doomed. <a href="/erv/1_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. <a href="/gwt/1_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> a stone that people trip over, a large rock that people find offensive." The people tripped over the word because they refused to believe it. Therefore, this is how they ended up. <a href="/gnt/1_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> And another scripture says, "This is the stone that will make people stumble, the rock that will make them fall." They stumbled because they did not believe in the word; such was God's will for them. <a href="/isv/1_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. <a href="/msb/1_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and, ?A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.? They stumble because they disobey the word?and to this they were appointed. <a href="/net/1_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. <a href="/nheb/1_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and, "a stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. <a href="/wbt/1_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed. <a href="/wey/1_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed. <a href="/web/1_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense—who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving—to which they were also set. <a href="/blb/1_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and, "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble at being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed. <a href="/ylt/1_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set; <a href="/slt/1_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And a stone of stumble, and rock of offence, they disbelieving the word stumble: to which also they were set.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of scandal, to them who stumble at the word, neither do believe, whereunto also they are set. <a href="/cpdv/1_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him. <a href="/nabre/1_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> and “A stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall.” They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny. <a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they stumble over it because they are disobedient to the word for which they were appointed. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> He is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and they stumble on it, in that they do not obey the word, for they are appointed to this.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense to the disobedient, who stumble at the word because they are disobedient, to which stumbling they were also appointed. <a href="/godbey/1_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who stumble over the word, disbelieving: unto which they indeed were appointed. <a href="/haweis/1_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and a stone of stumbling, and rock of offence,?<RX 19.118.22> to those who stumble at the word, disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed. <a href="/mace/1_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby: <a href="/wey/1_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed. <a href="/worrell/1_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed. <a href="/worsley/1_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. These stumble at the word through unbelief, unto which also they were appointed. <a href="/parallel/1_peter/2-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=314" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_peter/2.htm">The Living Stone</a> …7To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and,</a> <a href="/greek/3037.htm" title="3037: Lithos (N-NMS) -- A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.">“A stone</a> <a href="/greek/4348.htm" title="4348: proskommatos (N-GNS) -- A stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment. From proskopto; a stub, i.e. occasion of apostasy.">of stumbling</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4073.htm" title="4073: petra (N-NFS) -- A rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground. Feminine of the same as Petros; a rock.">a rock</a> <a href="/greek/4625.htm" title="4625: skandalou (N-GNS) -- A snare, stumbling-block, cause for error. Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; a trap-stick, i.e. Snare.">of offense.”</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: Hoi (RelPro-NMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">They</a> <a href="/greek/4350.htm" title="4350: proskoptousin (V-PIA-3P) -- From pros and kopto; to strike at, i.e. Surge against; specially, to stub on, i.e. Trip up.">stumble because</a> <a href="/greek/544.htm" title="544: apeithountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To disobey, rebel, be disloyal, refuse conformity. From apeithes; to disbelieve.">they disobey</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logō (N-DMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">word—</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/5087.htm" title="5087: etethēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.">they were appointed.</a> 9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14-15</a> And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare. / Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.” <a href="/romans/9-32.htm">Romans 9:32-33</a> Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, / as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” <a href="/matthew/21-42.htm">Matthew 21:42-44</a> Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. / He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” <a href="/psalms/118-22.htm">Psalm 118:22</a> The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. <a href="/luke/20-17.htm">Luke 20:17-18</a> But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? / Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” <a href="/acts/4-11.htm">Acts 4:11</a> This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ <a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23</a> but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, <a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20</a> built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. <a href="/mark/12-10.htm">Mark 12:10-11</a> Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. / This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” <a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Romans 11:9-10</a> And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Isaiah 28:16</a> So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken. <a href="/2_corinthians/2-16.htm">2 Corinthians 2:16</a> To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task? <a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a> “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” <a href="/matthew/13-57.htm">Matthew 13:57</a> And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.” <a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Hosea 14:9</a> Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.a stone.<a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14</a> And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.<a href="/isaiah/57-14.htm">Isaiah 57:14</a> And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.<a href="/luke/2-34.htm">Luke 2:34</a> And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;being.<a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">1 Peter 2:7</a> Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,whereunto.<a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Exodus 9:16</a> And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.<a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a> What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:9</a> For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">Destined</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Disobedient</a> <a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Doom</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-31.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/james/4-11.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-25.htm">Message</a> <a href="/philippians/1-10.htm">Offence</a> <a href="/philippians/1-10.htm">Offense</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-4.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/james/3-2.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/galatians/5-11.htm">Stumbling</a> <a href="/james/5-13.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Unbelieving</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-11.htm">Whereunto</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/12-12.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/revelation/13-12.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/revelation/12-5.htm">Destined</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">Disobedient</a> <a href="/numbers/14-41.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Doom</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jude/1-24.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/revelation/1-13.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">Message</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-16.htm">Offence</a> <a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Offense</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/genesis/23-9.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/1_john/2-10.htm">Stumbling</a> <a href="/revelation/1-9.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Unbelieving</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Whereunto</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm">He exhorts to put away wickedness;</a> 4. <a href="/1_peter/2-4.htm">showing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built.</a> 11. <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">He beseeches them also to abstain from sinful desires;</a> 13. <a href="/1_peter/2-13.htm">to be obedient to authorities;</a> 18. <a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm">and teaches servants how to obey their masters;</a> 20. <a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of 1 Peter, the imagery of a stone is significant because it highlights the rejection of Jesus by the Jewish leaders and many of His contemporaries. The metaphor of a "stone of stumbling" suggests that Jesus, while being the foundation for believers, becomes a barrier for those who reject Him. This duality is central to understanding the role of Christ in salvation history. The "rock of offense" indicates that the message of the cross is a scandal to those who do not believe, as Paul also notes in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23</a>.They stumble because they disobey the word— The stumbling is directly linked to disobedience to the word of God, which in this context refers to the gospel message. This disobedience is not merely a passive act but an active rejection of the truth revealed in Jesus Christ. The concept of stumbling is often used in Scripture to describe a spiritual downfall or failure to recognize God's plan, as seen in <a href="/romans/9-32.htm">Romans 9:32-33</a>. The disobedience here is a willful choice, highlighting human responsibility in responding to God's revelation.and to this they were appointed. This phrase touches on the doctrine of divine sovereignty and election. It suggests that God, in His omniscience, has appointed the consequences of disobedience for those who reject His word. This does not imply that God causes unbelief, but rather that He has foreordained the outcome of rejecting Christ. This concept is echoed in <a href="/romans/9-18.htm">Romans 9:18-22</a>, where Paul discusses God's sovereign right to show mercy or harden hearts. The appointment here underscores the seriousness of rejecting the gospel and the inevitable judgment that follows.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle of Jesus Christ, traditionally believed to be the author of this epistle. He writes to encourage and instruct believers facing persecution. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Referred to metaphorically as the "stone of stumbling" and "rock of offense." He is central to the passage as the cornerstone rejected by some. 3. <a href="/topical/b/believers.htm">Believers</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith despite opposition. 4. <a href="/topical/u/unbelievers.htm">Unbelievers</a> Those who reject the message of the Gospel, leading to their stumbling as described in the passage. 5. <a href="/topical/o/old_testament_prophets.htm">Old Testament Prophets</a> The passage references prophecies from Isaiah, indicating the continuity of God's plan through both Old and New Testaments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_rejected_cornerstone.htm">The Rejected Cornerstone</a> Jesus is the cornerstone of our faith, yet He is rejected by many. Believers must recognize the significance of Christ as the foundation of their lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequence_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequence of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to the Gospel leads to stumbling. This serves as a warning to remain obedient and faithful to God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a> The phrase "to this they were appointed" underscores God's sovereignty. Believers can trust that God is in control, even when others reject the Gospel. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_a_chosen_people.htm">Living as a Chosen People</a> As believers, we are called to live differently from the world, embracing our identity as a chosen people and royal priesthood. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_rejection.htm">Responding to Rejection</a> When faced with rejection or persecution for our faith, we should respond with grace and continue to share the truth of the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/does_1_peter_2_8_misapply_isaiah.htm">1 Peter 2:8: Does applying Isaiah’s prophecy here conflict with the prophet’s original context or meaning?</a> <a href="/q/are_pleasures_everlasting.htm">What is the meaning of Rock of Offense?</a> <a href="/q/can_'living_stones'_be_validated_historically.htm">1 Peter 2:4-5: How can the metaphor of believers as 'living stones' be validated scientifically, historically, or archeologically?</a> <a href="/q/what's_a_stumbling_block.htm">What is the definition of a stumbling block?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence.--Another quotation, no doubt suggested by the word "a stone," but conveying a totally different metaphor. Here there is no thought whatever of the stone as a material for building; the thought is that of a mass of rock on the road, on which the terror-stricken fugitives stumble and fall. The words are taken from <a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm" title="And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.">Isaiah 8:14</a>, and are translated directly from the Hebrew. The LXX. not only makes nonsense, but can again be hardly acquitted of "guile" (<a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm" title="Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,">1Peter 2:1</a>) in its endeavour to make out the best possible case for Israel by deliberately inserting the word "not" twice over. We shall find St. Peter in <a href="/1_peter/3-14.htm" title="But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;">1Peter 3:14</a> quoting the verses which immediately precede our present citation, and again the point lies in the context. The words are no mere phrase hastily caught up to serve the turn. They come out of the great Immanuel section of Isaiah, and immediately involve, like the quotation in <a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm" title="Why also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.">1Peter 2:6</a>, the sharp contrast between the Jews who trust in Immanuel (the presence of God with Israel) and the Jews who do not, but rely on "confederacies." To the one party, the Lord of Hosts will be "for a sanctuary;" but to the other party, who are described as "both houses of Israel," and specially as the "inhabitant of Jerusalem," He will be "for a stone of striking, and for a rock of stumbling over," and also "for a snare." The "sanctuary" does not seem to mean a temple (though this would connect it with the preceding words of St. Peter), but rather such a "sanctuary" as that of Bethel (<a href="/genesis/28-18.htm" title="And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.">Genesis 28:18</a>), a consecrated stone to which a man might flee as an asylum. In the flight of terror before the face of the Assyrians the very stone which afforded right of sanctuary to those who recognised and trusted it, was a vexatious and dangerous obstacle, a trap full in the way to those who did not. Once more, therefore, the Hebrews of the Dispersion, in separating themselves from "both houses of Israel" and the "inhabitant of Jerusalem," were obeying the warnings of the Immanuel prophecy, which every Hebrew recognised as Messianic. Though the coupling of these passages of the Old Testament together certainly seems to show traces of the influence of St. Paul (comp. <a href="/context/romans/9-32.htm" title="Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;">Romans 9:32-33</a>), yet St. Peter must have been present and heard "the Lord of Hosts" Himself put them together (<a href="/context/luke/20-17.htm" title="And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?">Luke 20:17-18</a>), and probably St. Paul's use of the passages is itself to be traced back to the same origin. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. St. Peter combines <a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14</a> with his first quotations, as St. Paul also does (Ram. 9:33), both apostles quoting from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint, which is quite different, inserting two negatives. The living Stone is not only made the Head of the corner to the confusion of the disobedient, but becomes also to their destruction a Stone of stumbling; they fall on that Stone, and are broken (<a href="/matthew/21-44.htm">Matthew 21:44</a>). That Stone is a Rock (πέτρα), the Rock of Ages, the Rock on which the Church is built; but to the disobedient it is a Rock of offense (πέτρα σκανδάλου). Σκάνδαλον (in Attic Greek σκανδάληθρον) is properly the catch or spring of a trap, which makes animals fall into the trap; then a stumbling-block - anything which causes men to fall. We cannot fail to notice how St. Peter echoes the well-remembered words of our Lord, recorded in <a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18, 23</a>. Peter was himself then a πέτρα σκανδάλου, a rock of offense. Even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient; literally, who being disobedient stumble at the Word - the relative referring back to "them which be disobedient" in ver. 7. This seems better than (with Huther and others) to take τῷ λόγῳ with ἀπειθοῦντες, "who stumble, being disobedient to the Word." Ἀπειθοῦντες, literally," unbelieving," contains here, as frequently, the idea of disobedience, willful opposition. St. Peter seems to come very near to St. John's use of Λόγος for the personal Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. Whereunto also they were appointed. "Whereunto" (εἰς ὄ) cannot refer back to ver. 5; God had appointed them to be built up in his spiritual house, but they were disobedient. It must refer either to ἀπειθοῦντες - sin is punished by sin; for sin in God's awful judgment hardens the heart; the disobedient are in danger of eternal sin (<a href="/mark/3-29.htm">Mark 3:29</a>, according to the two oldest manuscripts) - or, more probably, to προσκόπουσιν; it is God's ordinance that disobedience should end in stumbling; but that stumbling does not necessarily imply condemnation (see <a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a>). The word, the preaching of Christ crucified, was to the Jews a stumbling-block (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23</a>). But not all stumbled that they might fall. Nevertheless, perseverance in disobedience must end in everlasting death. <a href="/commentaries/1_peter/2-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>and, Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. “A stone Λίθος (Lithos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3037.htm">Strong's 3037: </a> A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. of stumbling προσκόμματος (proskommatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4348.htm">Strong's 4348: </a> A stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment. From proskopto; a stub, i.e. occasion of apostasy. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a rock πέτρα (petra) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4073.htm">Strong's 4073: </a> A rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground. Feminine of the same as Petros; a rock. of offense.” σκανδάλου (skandalou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4625.htm">Strong's 4625: </a> A snare, stumbling-block, cause for error. Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; a trap-stick, i.e. Snare. [They] Οἳ (Hoi) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. stumble [because] προσκόπτουσιν (proskoptousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4350.htm">Strong's 4350: </a> From pros and kopto; to strike at, i.e. Surge against; specially, to stub on, i.e. Trip up. they disobey ἀπειθοῦντες (apeithountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_544.htm">Strong's 544: </a> To disobey, rebel, be disloyal, refuse conformity. From apeithes; to disbelieve. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. message— λόγῳ (logō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. [this] ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. they were appointed. ἐτέθησαν (etethēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5087.htm">Strong's 5087: </a> To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. 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