1 Peter 2:8

“and A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble because they disobey the word, and to this they were also destined.”
1 Peter 2:8 · direct translation from the Greek

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andκαὶA stoneλίθοςof stumblingπροσκόμματοςandκαὶa rockπέτραof offense.σκανδάλουTheyοἳstumbleπροσκόπτουσινbecause they disobeyἀπειθοῦντεςthe word,τῷ λόγῳandto thisεἰς ὃthey were alsoκαὶdestined.ἐτέθησαν

Quotation · Isaiah 8:14

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Peter quotes without a formula a phrase from Isaiah 8:14: “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ λίθος προσκόμματος καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ ἀπειθοῦντες εἰς ὃ καὶ ἐτέθησαν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהָיָה לְמִקְדָּשׁ וּלְאֶבֶן נֶגֶף וּלְצוּר מִכְשׁוֹל לִשְׁנֵי בָתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְפַח וּלְמוֹקֵשׁ לְיוֹשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלִָם

Septuagint (Isaiah 8:14 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐὰν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ πεποιθὼς ᾖς, ἔσται σοι εἰς ἁγίασμα, καὶ οὐχ ὡς λίθου προσκόμματι συναντήσεσθε αὐτῷ, οὐδὲ ὡς πέτρας πτώματι. ὁ δὲ οἶκος Ἰακὼβ ἐν παγίδι, καὶ ἐν κοιλάσματι ἐγκαθήμενοι ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ·

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Peter 2:8, word by word

A stoneλίθοςlithos

living stone

The Messiah as the main stone of the building; believers, as living stones.

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of stumblingπροσκόμματοςproskommatos

stumbling, obstacle

Stumbling; an obstacle that makes someone stumble or fall into sin.

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a rockπέτραpetra

rock

Rock, bedrock.

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of offenseσκανδάλουskandalou

cause for stumbling

Cause for stumbling: what makes someone fall into sin.

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stumbleπροσκόπτουσινproskoptousin

stumble

To trip and fall; fall through unbelief.

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because they disobeyἀπειθοῦντεςapeithountes

disobey

Not to obey God.

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the wordλόγῳlogōi

message

What God says, proclaimed to people.

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destinedἐτέθησανetethēsan

appoint

To name someone to a post, or decide something.

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Translation note

Quotation of Isaiah 8:14. “The word” can also go with “stumble”: “they stumble at the word, because they disobey.”

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Quotation · Isaiah 8:14

Peter quotes without a formula a phrase from Isaiah 8:14: “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

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1 Peter 2:8

⁸and A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble because they disobey the word, and to this they were also destined.

Isaiah 8:14

¹⁴And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over for both houses of Israel, a snare and a trap for the inhabitant of Jerusalem.

The context

7To you then who believe is the honor; but to those who do not believe, The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner,

8 · This verse (above)

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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