Luke 20:19

"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”"

Key Reflection

This verse envisions a powerful metaphor where those who resist or oppose Jesus (referred to as "the Stone") are shattered and destroyed, while those who accept him are transformed and find their strength and identity in him. The image of crushing dust symbolizes the ultimate humbling and breaking of one’s will in submission to Christ’s authority.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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