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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblockd, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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Isa. 8:14• ¹⁴And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Isa. 8:14)

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1 Peter 2:8• ⁸and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)

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1 Cor. 1:18• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power. (1 Cor. 1:18)

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1 Cor. 2:2• ²For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

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Luke 24:46‑47• ⁴⁶and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;
⁴⁷and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46‑47)

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Acts 7:32‑35• ³²*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.
³³And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
³⁴I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
³⁵This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. (Acts 7:32‑35)

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Acts 10:39‑43• ³⁹*We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
⁴⁰This man God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,
⁴¹not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.
⁴²And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.
⁴³To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins. (Acts 10:39‑43)

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2 Cor. 4:5• ⁵For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake. (2 Cor. 4:5)

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Gal. 3:1• ¹O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified among you? (Gal. 3:1)

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Gal. 6:14• ¹⁴But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. (Gal. 6:14)

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Eph. 3:8• ⁸To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)

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Isa. 8:14‑15• ¹⁴And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken. (Isa. 8:14‑15)

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Matt. 11:6• ⁶and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me. (Matt. 11:6)

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Matt. 13:57• ⁵⁷And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house. (Matt. 13:57)

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Luke 2:34• ³⁴And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against; (Luke 2:34)

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John 6:53‑66• ⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
⁵⁴He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
⁵⁵for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.
⁵⁶He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
⁵⁷As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
⁵⁸This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.
⁵⁹These things he said in the synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.
⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples having heard it said, This word is hard; who can hear it?
⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?
⁶²If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?
⁶³It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would deliver him up.
⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father.
⁶⁶From that time many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him. (John 6:53‑66)

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Rom. 9:32‑33• ³²Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
³³according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed. (Rom. 9:32‑33)

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Gal. 5:11• ¹¹But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away. (Gal. 5:11)

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1 Peter 2:8• ⁸and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)

foolishness.

1 Cor. 1:28• ²⁸and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are; (1 Cor. 1:28)

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1 Cor. 2:14• ¹⁴But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned; (1 Cor. 2:14)

• It is more to say "crucified" than dead; for though both declare the end of man in the flesh, there is the extreme of shame and weakness in the cross beyond all else. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 1:21-25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offencef, and to nations foolishness;

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Lit. "fall-trap," as Matt. 13.57.

W. Kelly Translation

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but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentilesa foolishness,

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The best authorities give here "Gentiles," not "Greeks."