Luke 20:17

17 And he behelde them and sayde: what meaneth this then yt is wrytten: The stone that the bylders refused the same is made ye heed corner stone?

Luke 20:17 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:17

And he beheld them
Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that verily so it would be, as he had said; that they would reject the Messiah, and put him to death, and bring utter ruin upon themselves, and deprive their posterity of many advantages and privileges:

and said, what is this then that is written;
that is, what else is the meaning of such a Scripture? is not the sense of that perfectly agreeable to what has been said, that the Messiah shall be rejected by the principal men among the Jews in church and state, and yet he shall be exalted, who will then take vengeance on them?

the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the
head of the corner?
The passage is in ( Psalms 118:22 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 21:42).

Luke 20:17 In-Context

15 And they cast him out of the vyneyarde and kylled him. Now what shall the Lorde of the vyneyarde do vnto them?

16 He will come and destroye those fermers and will let out his vyneyarde to other. When they hearde that they sayde: God forbyd.

17 And he behelde them and sayde: what meaneth this then yt is wrytten: The stone that the bylders refused the same is made ye heed corner stone?

18 whosoever stomble at that stone shalbe broken: but on whosoever it faul vpon it wyll grynde him to powder.

19 And the hye Prestes and the Scribes the same howre went about to laye hondes on him but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them.