NT Text: Acts 4:11
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology + Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Ps 118:22 — The Stone the Builders Rejected
Significance: Peter explicitly quotes Psalm 118:22 — "Jesus is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'" The introductory formula identifies this as a direct quotation. Psalm 118:22 describes a stone rejected by builders that becomes the chief cornerstone. Peter identifies Jesus as this stone: rejected by the Jewish leaders (the builders) but exalted by God to the place of supreme importance. The connection operates through both typology (the rejected-then-vindicated stone pattern prefigures Christ's rejection and exaltation, with escalation from architectural metaphor to cosmic reality) and promise-fulfillment (the psalm's prophetic declaration finds its realization in Jesus). Jesus himself applied this text to himself (Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10-11; Luke 20:17), and Peter develops this stone Christology further in 1 Peter 2:4-8.