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In the Greek of Mark, the psalm verse about the rejected stone opens with the stone as an object and no verb to govern it. First Peter fixes this by making the stone the subject, while in the Gospel of Thomas Jesus supplies a verb: show me the stone.
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1000+ CE
Mark 12:10
New Testament
9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this scripture: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 11 This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
1 Peter 2:7
New Testament
6 For it says in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.” 7 So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
Gospel of Thomas 1:66
Nag Hammadi
65 He said, “A good man owned a vineyard and leased it to some farmers to work it and he might receive its fruit from them. He sent his servant so that the farmers might give him the fruit of the vineyard. They seized his servant, beat him, and almost killed him, and the servant returned and told his master. His master said, ‘Perhaps they did not recognize him.’ He sent another servant. The farmers beat that one as well. Then the owner sent his son and said, ‘Perhaps they will show respect to my son.’ The farmers knew that he was the heir of the vineyard. They seized him and killed him. Whoever has ears should hear.” 66 Jesus said, “Show me the stone that the builders rejected; that is the cornerstone.” 67 Jesus said, “Whoever knows all but lacks within himself lacks everything.”
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Notes and References
“... As Ps. 118.22 and the Synoptic versions stand, there is the slight oddity of beginning with a free-standing accusative. 1 Peter deals with this awkwardness in one way: it turns it into a nominative. Thomas deals with it a different way, by supplying a main verb for the object ‘the stone’. The stone which the builders rejected—that is the corner-stone. A link with the wording of the Diatessaron Haarense is extremely tenuous, as Baarda has shown. ‘Cornerstone’ may be closer to 1 Pet. 2.6 (cf. Eph. 2.20) than to the Synoptics’ ‘capstone’, but in 1 Pet. 2.7 the cornerstone is in any case identified with the ‘capstone’ of Ps. 118. ...”
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