To whom coming, as unto a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The living stone, rejected Christ is the chief foundation of his Church, the corner-stone of the building, whom the Jews, and other obstinate unbelievers, reject to their own condemnation and destruction. See Isaias xxviii. 16.; Matthew xxi. 42.; Acts iv. 11.; Romans ix. 32. (Witham)
Of the stones that were dragged out of the depths, they placed in the building just as they were: for they were polished and fitted exactly into the other stones, and became so united one with another that the lines of juncture could not be perceived.
, among the Jews from Jerusalem "among the other things named, "the wise architect "too.
and knowing how to bear infirmity: "to wit as having been set by the Father "for a stone of offence"
