shall not be offended i.e. caused to stumble. For instances of the stumbling-block which some made for themselves of incidents in our Lord's career, see Matthew 13:55-57; Matthew 22:42; John 6:60; John 6:66; and compare Isaiah 8:14-15; 1Co 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:7-8. The word skandalon(Latin offendiculum, Hebr. mokesh-snare," and mikshol -stumbling-block") means anything over which a person falls (e.g. a stone in the road) or on which he treads and is thrown.

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