Acts 4:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

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  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
  • Isa 58:1-2 : 1 Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins. 2 Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
  • Ezek 2:6-7 : 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people. 7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.
  • Ezek 3:7-9 : 7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart. 8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows. 9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people. 10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them. 11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood. 19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
  • Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger. 8 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood. 9 But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.
  • Zech 4:6-7 : 6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
  • Matt 21:42-45 : 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? 43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. 44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust. 45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
  • Mark 9:12 : 12 And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?
  • Mark 12:10-12 : 10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? 12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
  • Luke 20:16-18 : 16 He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so. 17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building? 18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 2:6-8 : 6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame. 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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  • Ps 118:22-23
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    22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

    23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.

  • Mark 12:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

    11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

    18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

  • Matt 21:42
    85%

    42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • 1 Pet 2:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

    4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

    6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

    7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

    8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

  • Acts 4:7-10
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    7 Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

    8 Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

    9 If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

    10 Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

  • Isa 28:16
    76%

    16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

  • Eph 2:20-21
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    20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

  • 1 Cor 3:10-11
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    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

    11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

  • Acts 4:12
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    12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

    33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • Acts 2:36
    71%

    36 For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

  • Acts 3:13-15
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    13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

    14 But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

    15 And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

  • Acts 2:22-24
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    22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

    23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

    24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14 And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

    15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

  • Hab 2:11
    69%

    11 For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

  • Acts 4:27
    69%

    27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

  • Mark 13:2
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    2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

  • Acts 4:25
    69%

    25 Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

  • Acts 5:30
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    30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

  • Luke 21:5-6
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    5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

    6 As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

  • Job 38:6
    68%

    6 On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

  • Jer 51:26
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    26 And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.

  • Mark 14:58
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    58 He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

  • John 2:19
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    19 And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Zech 10:4
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    4 From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;

  • Acts 5:39
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    39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

  • Matt 27:40
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    40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.