1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks, foolishness:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
In Context
22For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;
24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Cross References
Matthew 11:6and blessed is he that shall find in me no cause of offense.
Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,
John 6:53Then Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew by hanging him on a tree.
1 Corinthians 1:18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2For I determined not to know any thing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →