This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
Parallel translations
- WEB This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
- KJV This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
- NKJV This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?”
- NASB This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
- NLT This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.’”
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Quick answer
Jesus completes the quotation: this is the Lord's doing and marvelous in our eyes.
Overview
The exaltation of the rejected stone is wholly God's work, accomplished against human expectation. The cross and resurrection are the Lord's marvelous design, turning rejection into triumph. Believers stand amazed at how God brings salvation through what the world despised.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 118:23This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
- Acts 3:12–16And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
- Hab 1:5“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Acts 2:32–36God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- Acts 13:40–41Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
- 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- Num 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
- Acts 2:12Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
- Eph 3:8–11Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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