Luke 20:17

ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς. ‘Looking fixedly on them,’ to add solemnity to His reference to their own Scriptures.

τὸ γεγραμμένον. He here refers them to the very Psalm from which the Hosanna of the multitude had been taken.

λίθον ὃν�. This is a quotation from Psalms 118:22; comp. Isaiah 28:16. The stone is regarded both as a foundation-stone, and a stone at the angle of the building, binding the two walls together. These words made a deep impression on St Peter (1 Peter 2:7-8).

ἐγενήθη. ‘Was made.’ The choice of the corner-stone is past and irrevocable.