Acts 4:11 - Exposition

He for this, A.V.; the builders for builders, A.V.; was made for is become, A.V. He is the stone. He had just appealed to their own senses; he now adds the witness of their own prophets. These had declared that the stone which was set at naught by the builders should become the chief corner-stone; just as it had come to pass. The quotation is from Psalms 118:22 ; only St. Luke here substitutes the word ἐξουθενεῖν , to set at naught, for that used by the LXX ., ἀποδοκιμάζειν , to refuse, or reject as unfit. The word ἐξουθενεῖν is applied directly to our Saviour in Luke 23:1-56 . 11, and the similar word, ἐξουδενόειν , in Mark 9:11 .