MARK 12:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:”
Haven't you read this passage of Scripture: the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone — the citation of Psalm 118:22 (the same psalm sung at the triumphal entry) applies to Jesus the reversal promised in the psalm. The stone the builders rejected is the stone the builders considered unsuitable, useless, beneath consideration for a load-bearing role. The cornerstone (or capstone) is the most critical stone in the structure — the one everything else aligns with. The son rejected and killed becomes the cornerstone of what God is building.
Church Fathers on Mark 12:10
After the Lord had closed the mouths of His tempters by a wise question, He next shews their wickedness in a parable.
God the Father is called a man by a human conception. The vineyard is the house of Israel; the hedge is the guardianship of Angels; the winefat is the law, the tower is the temple, and the husbandmen, the priests.
Or else, the hedge is the wall of the city, the winefat is the altar, or those winefats, by which three psalms receive their name.
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