Thematic Bible: The wicked take, at
Thematic Bible
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ, as the corner-stone
just as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion {a stone that causes people to stumble}, and {a rock that causes them to fall}, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
And he will become like a sanctuary and a stumbling-stone, and like a stumbling-rock for the two houses of Israel, like a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ crucified
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.
Offence » The wicked take, at » The low station of Christ
Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? For he went up like shoot before him, and like root from dry ground. He had no form and no majesty that we should see him, and no appearance that we should take pleasure in him. [He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.
And he came to his hometown [and] began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, "From where did this man [get] this wisdom and these miracles? Is not this one the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? From where then did this man [get] all these [things]?" read more.
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."
Offence » The wicked take, at » The necessity of inward purity
It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth--this defiles a person." Then the disciples came [and] said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended [when they] heard this saying?"
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ, as the bread of life
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}." He said these [things] [while] teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?" read more.
But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?
But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?
Offence » The wicked take, at » The righteousness of faith
Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},