How does the parable of the vineyard show that Jesus was the cornerstone? ~ Cross reference of Mark 12:9 to Psalm 118:22
Jesus in these passages is telling a parable of a man who prepares a vineyard and leases it out to some people. They turn against the owner and every time the owner sends his servants to collect his share in the vineyard's produce, they either hurt or kill the servants.
The owner then sends his son thinking they will regard his son and give him his share. The people see that the heir of the vineyard is here so they kill the son. Owner then comes with all vengeance and kills the and gives the vineyard to other people.
Jesus than concludes the parable to say that the stone that people rejected has become the cornerstone.
I think Jesus is trying to say that the owner is god, the servants are prophets of Israel, the son is Jesus and the wicked people are the leaders of Israel [all the Jews who rejected him].
Then how is the dead son the corner stone? He is dead. Jesus does not talk about the son raising from the dead and owning the vineyard or making sure the people do their part of taking care of the vineyard. The owner[god] gave it to some other people and they certainly are not the cornerstone.
You can read the post that shows that Jesus was not the rejected stone that became the corner stone as per Psalm 118. Click here
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All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad.
My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.
G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.
Mark 12:9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; 11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” 12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
Psalm 118:22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 23 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
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