Acts 4:11

He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

'HE IS THE STONE'-This is. quotation from Psalms 118:22. Jesus Himself had used this Scripture against the Jewish religious leaders (Mark 12:10 f; Matthew 21:42). Thus some in the Sanhedrin that day had probably heard this Scripture used against them before.

'SET AT NOUGHT OF YOU THE BUILDERS, WHICH WAS MADE THE HEAD OF THE CORNER'-'he puts his judges and accusers in the ridiculous attitude of builders laying the foundation of. house, but rejecting the stone which was cut out for the corner.' (McGarvey p. 72)

'SET AT NOUGHT'-1848. exoutheneo ex-oo-then-eh'-o;. variation of 1847 and meaning the same: -contemptible, despise, least esteemed, set at nought.

-'scorned' (TCNT); 'treated with contempt' (Wey).

Points to Note:

'He had just appealed to their own senses; he now adds the witness of their own prophets'. (P.P. Comm. p. 124)

The stone that was the 'Head of the Corner', was either the capstone, or the cornerstone, which united two walls and on which they rested and were made firm. This stone was of such importance, that nothing else could be built until this stone was laid, 'The entire building must await the cornerstone.' (Reese p. 179)

This verse infers that what the Jewish religious leaders were building--wasn't the same thing that God was building. For Jesus was the cornerstone in God's building (Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:4).