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Why did Peter think Jesus was the cornerstone that "the Jews" rejected ~ Cross Reference of Acts 4:11 to Psalm 118:22

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Peter & John where preaching the good news to the people in the temple courts and many were believing them. So the "Jews" got upset and put them in the temple jail because it was late in the evening to take them to the Sanhedrin. Next day Peter and John were presented to the Sanhedrin. They ask Peter and John by what authority or in whose name they were preaching. Peter is filled with the holy spirit and he boldly witnesses that he healed the lame person in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Let us see if Jesus was the cornerstone written about by David. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the ...

Is Jesus the cornerstone? ~ Cross reference of Matthew 21:42 to Psalm 118:21

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Corner stones are crucial in any building and they are usually larger, stronger, more regular in shape than the other stones that go into the walls. When one draws a string between two corner stones they define where all the other stones need to be placed to build a wall that is vertically and horizontally straight. Cornerstone is mentioned in several places in Tanakh and the context is always about equating the person being spoken of, being important just like the cornerstones are in a building. Let us see if David prophesied about Jesus being the cornerstone. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek tex...