Acts 4 · Verse 11

Acts 4:11

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts 4:11, King James Version

Acts 4:11 in other translations

BSBThis Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
WEBHe is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
ASVHe is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
YLT‘This is the stone that was set at nought by you--the builders, that became head of a corner;
DARBYHe is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.
BBEHe is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
WebsterThis is the stone which was set at naught by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

What does Acts 4:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 4:1-12

Ac 4:1-13. Peter and John before the Sanhedrin. 1-12. the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 11. This is the stone. This passage is found in Ps 118:22. It is quoted also by our Saviour, as applicable to himself. Mt 21:42. The ancient Jews applied this to David. In the Targum on Ps 118:22, this passage is rendered, "The child who was among the sons of Jesse, and was worthy to be constituted King, the builders rejected." The New Testament writers, however, apply it without any doubt to the Messiah. Comp. Isa 28:16, Rom 9:33, Eph 2:20. And from this passage we may learn, that God will overrule the devices and plans of wicked men, to accomplish his own purposes. What men despise and set at nought, he esteems of inestimable value in his kingdom. What the great and the mighty contemn, he regards as the very foundation and corner-stone of the edifice which he designs to rear. Nothing has been more remarkable than this in the history of man; and in nothing is more contempt thrown on the proud projects of men, than that what they have rejected he has made the very basis of his schemes.

(b) "the stone" Ps 118:22, Isa 28:16, Mt 21:42 (+) "at nought" "rejected"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders - By your rejection and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, you have fulfilled one of your own prophecies, Psa 118:22; and, as one part of this prophecy is now so literally fulfilled, ye may rest assured, so shall the other; and this rejected stone shall speedily become the head stone of the corner. See the note on Mat 21:42.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 4:5-14

Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and this confirmed their testimony to his resurrection from the dead, which proved him to be the Messiah. These rulers must either be saved by that Jesus whom they had crucified, or they must perish for ever. The name of Jesus is…

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Acts 4:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὗτόςhoutosThisG3778
ἐστινestinisG1510
ὁhotheG3588
λίθοςlithosstoneG3037
ὁhowhichG3588
ἐξουθενηθεὶςexouthenētheishaving been rejectedG1848
ὑφ᾽huph᾽byG5259
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771
τῶνtōntheG3588
οἰκοδόμων,oikodomōnbuilders,
ὁhowhichG3588
γενόμενοςgenomenoshas becomeG1096
εἰςeisintoG1519
κεφαλὴνkephalēnheadG2776
γωνίας.gōniasof [the] corner.’G1137

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Cross references for Acts 4:11

  • Psalms 118:22-23

    The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

  • Isaiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  • Mark 12:10-12

    And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

  • Matthew 21:42-45

    Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

  • 1 Peter 2:6-8

    Wherefore also it is contained in the 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 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, 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.

  • Ephesians 2:20-22

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • Luke 20:16-18

    He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 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? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Zechariah 3:9

    For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

  • Zechariah 4:6-7

    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:12

    Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the stone.
Ps 118:22,23; Isa 28:16; Mt 21:42-45; Mr 12:10-12; Lu 20:16-18
1Pe 2:6-8
you.
7:52; 20:26,27; Pr 28:1; Isa 58:1,2; Eze 2:6,7; 3:7-11,18,19; 33:7-9
2Co 3:12; 4:1
the head.
Zec 3:9; 4:6,7; Eph 2:20-22

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Context

  • Acts 4:10

    Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

  • Acts 4:11

    This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

  • Acts 4:12

    Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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Acts 4:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Este es la piedra reprobada de vosotros los edificadores, la cual es puesta por cabeza del ángulo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Celui-ci est la pierre méprisée par vous qui bâtissez, qui est devenue la pierre angulaire;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dieser ist der Stein, der von euch, den Bauleuten, für nichts geachtet, der zum Eckstein geworden ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hic est lapis qui reprobatus est a vobis ædificantibus, qui factus est in caput anguli: