Thematic Bible: Rock of offence


Thematic Bible



This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.

How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!"


Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.


Why not? Because they did not pursue it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on achievements. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.

a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.


a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.


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