1 Peter 2:8
and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.This verse in the real world
In what words
- πρόσκομμαpróskommaa stub, i.e. (figuratively) occasion of apostasy
- προσκόπτωproskóptōto strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literall
- πέτραpétraa (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively)
- σκάνδαλονskándalona trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin)
- ἀπειθέωapeithéōto disbelieve (wilfully and perversely)
- λίθοςlíthosa stone (literally or figuratively)
- τίθημιtíthēmito place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or
- λόγοςlógossomething said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), al
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.