Matthew 21:44

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον τοῦτον συνθλασθήσεται: ἐφʼ ὃν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ, λικμήσει αὐτόν.

Transliteration

And the one pesōn upon the lithon this synthlasthēsetai: upon whom but if pesē, likmēsei him.

Grammar Details

• *pesōn*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - falling/having fallen
• *lithon*: accusative, masculine, singular - stone
• *synthlasthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd singular - will be broken/shattered
• *pesē*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular - it might fall
• *likmēsei*: future indicative, 3rd singular - it will crush/scatter/winnow

Word Meanings

• *pesōn*: falling/having fallen/who falls
• *lithon*: stone/rock
• *synthlasthēsetai*: will be broken in pieces/will be shattered/will be crushed
• *pesē*: it might fall/it should fall/it may fall
• *likmēsei*: it will pulverize/it will crush to dust/it will scatter like chaff/it will winnow

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
• Dan 2:44-45 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
• Luke 20:18 : 18 ‹Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.›
• Matt 26:24 : 24 ‹The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.›
• Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
• Rom 9:33 : 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
• Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Dan 2:34-35 : 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
• 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• John 19:11 : 11 Jesus answered, ‹Thou couldest have no power› [at all] ‹against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.›
• Zech 12:3 : 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
• Isa 60:12 : 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.
• Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 ¶ The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.