Epistle of Barnabas 6.4

Anonymous · Epistle of Barnabas · ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: The rejected stone has become the cornerstone.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:358

λέγει δὲ πάλιν ὁ προφήτης· Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας. καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη καὶ θαυμαστή, ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ κύριος.

English · Claude translation

And the prophet says again, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.” And again he says, “This is the great and wonderful day that the Lord has made.”

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:358 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Ps 118:22 (117:22 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 118:24 (117:24 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

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Barn. 6.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/6/4/).

Plain text

Barn. 6.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/6/4/).

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