The Great Jewish Scholar 'Rashi' Comments on the 'Cornerstone'

Rashi is the nickname for a certain Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (1040-1105 A.D.), a brilliant scholar of Judaism who lived during the latter half of the 12th century in Europe. Here are Rashi's short Comments on Psalm 118:22-23, the Foundational Reference to the 'Cornerstone':
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PSALM 118:22) The stone that the builders rejected became a cornerstone. <---> כב.
RASHI'S COMMENT) 'The stone that the builders rejected': A people that was humble among the peoples.
          
PSALM 118:23) This was from the Lord; it is wondrous in our eyes. <---> כג.
RASHI'S COMMENT) 'This was from the Lord': So will everyone say.      

- Psalm 118, The Complete Jewish Bible with Rashi's Commentary, Chabad.org
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What Exactly does the Bible Mean by the Word 'Cornerstone'?

No matter how many search engines one uses, no matter how many libraries one visits, no matter how many Forums one asks, the question always seems to remain the same: What is the Bible trying to say when it uses the word 'Cornerstone'. It's just another Rock for Heaven's sake, and Jesus was a wood carpenter anyway. Those goofy Freemasons with their absurd and ridiculous rites and rituals aren't going to be any help either. Half of them still think that Cornerstone and a Capstone MEAN THE SAME THING!

As the somewhat disgusting American saying goes, Bible scholars and other related experts need to get their heads out of their b-tts, or more precisely- they need to get their Capstones out their Cornerstones and figure out this Biblical mystery once and for all. Until then, it's time for yet another 'as the Bible states...'


Complete List of Cornerstone Biblical Passages


On what were its footings set, or who laid its Cornerstone?
 
- Job 38:6

The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone.
 
- Psalm 118:22
     
Our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daughters as Cornerstones built after the fashion of a palace.
  
- Psalm 144:12

The leaders of Memphis are deceived, the Cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

- Isaiah 19:13
 
See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious Cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.

- Isaiah 28:16
 
No rock will be taken from you for a Cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever.

- Jeremiah 51:26

From Judah will come the Cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.

- Zechariah 10:4

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes?’"


- Matthew 21:42

Haven’t you read this passage of scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone?'
 
- Mark 12:10

Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone’"?
 
- Luke 20:17

Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the Cornerstone.’
  
- Acts 4:11

Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the Cornerstone.
   
- Ephesians 2:20
 
In scripture it says: 'See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious Cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.' Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, 'The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone.'

- 1 Peter 2:6-7