And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
and, A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message — which is also what they were destined for.
καί, Λίθος προσκόμματος καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου· οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ ἀπειθοῦντες· εἰς ὃ καὶ ἐτέθησαν.
kai, Lithos proskommatos kai petra skandaloy· oi proskoptoysin tō logō apeithoyntes· eis o kai etethēsan.
