Luke 20:18
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Luke 20:18 in other translations
| BSB | Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” |
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| WEB | Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.” |
| ASV | Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. |
| YLT | every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.' |
| DARBY | Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. |
| BBE | Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust. |
| Webster | Whoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. |
What does Luke 20:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 20:17-19
17-19. written--(in Psa 118:22, 23. See on Lu 19:38). The Kingdom of God is here a Temple, in the erection of which a certain stone, rejected as unsuitable by the spiritual builders, is, by the great Lord of the House, made the keystone of the whole. On that Stone the builders were now "falling" and being "broken" (Is 8:15), "sustaining great spiritual hurt; but soon that Stone should fall upon them and grind them…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 20:9-19
Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be…
Luke 20:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 20:18
- Isaiah 8:14-15
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. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- Daniel 2:44-45
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
- Daniel 2:34-35
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- Zechariah 12:3
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
- Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Matthew 21:34
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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Isa 8:14,15; Da 2:34,35,44,45; Zec 12:3; Mt 21:34; 1Th 2:16
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Context
- Luke 20:17
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 20:18
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 20:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cualquiera que cayere sobre aquella piedra, será quebrantado; mas sobre el que la piedra cayere, le desmenuzará. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quiconque tombera sur cette pierre, sera brisé; mais celui sur qui elle tombera, elle le broiera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jeder, der auf jenen Stein fällt, wird zerschmettert werden; auf welchen irgend er aber fallen wird, den wird er zermalmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnis qui ceciderit super illum lapidem, conquassabitur: super quem autem ceciderit, comminuet illum. |