Stone Which the Builders Rejected

Brooklyn Museum - The Pharisees and the Saduccees Come to Tempt Jesus (Les pharisiens et les saducéens viennent pour tenter Jésus) - James Tissot - overall

Psalm 118:22  (KJV) The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

 

Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

 

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Raised the Third Day

Archangel Gabriel Outside Jesus' Tomb after Resurrection

Psalm 118:17 (KJV)  I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

 

Luke 24:5  And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

 

I Corinthians 15:20  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

 

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Compassion

Statue of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore

Psalm 112:4 (KJV) Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

 

Matthew 9:36  But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

 

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