Luke 20:18

Luke 20:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
• New International Version (NIV)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."
• New Living Translation (NLT)Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”

Context of Luke 20:18

16He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!” 17Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” 19And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them. 20So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

Luke 20:18 word by word

πᾶς ὁ πεσὼν ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λίθον συνθλασθήσεται· ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ, λικμήσει αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whosoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• shall fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• shall be brokenσυνθλάωsunthlaō · to shatterG4917
• butδέde · thenG1161
• whomsoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• it will grindλικμάωlikmaō · to crushG3039
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 20:18

• Isaiah 8:14He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Daniel 2:34You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
• Zechariah 12:3And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
• Matthew 21:34Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

Commentaries on Luke 20:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Grind him to powder - See on Matthew 21:44; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 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 the doom, both of those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Jesus expanded the stone metaphor (20:17) with references to Isaiah 8:14–15 and Daniel 2:34, 44–45. Although Israel rejected him, Jesus became the foundation for the new people of God. He began the reign of a kingdom that would last forever.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. 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 to powder" (Da 2:34, 35; Zec 12:3)--in…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:18

• Church
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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Luke 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings