SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:20
sobreedificados sobre el fundamento de los apstoles y de los profetas, siendo la principal piedra del ngulo, Jess, el Cristo;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:20
Verse 20. And are built upon the foundation] Following the same metaphor, comparing the Church of Christ to a city, and to the temple, the believing Ephesians are represented as parts of that building; the living stones out of which it is principally formed, 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5, having for foundation - the ground plan, specification, and principle on which it was builded, the doctrine taught by the prophets in the Old Testament, and the apostles in the New. Jesus Christ being that corner stone, or akrogwniaiov, the chief angle or foundation corner stone, the connecting medium by which both Jews and Gentiles were united in the same building. Elsewhere Jesus Christ is termed the foundation stone. Behold I lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, Isa. xxviii. 16; but the meaning is the same in all the places where these terms, foundation and corner stone, occur; for in laying the foundation of a building, a large stone is generally placed at one of the angles or corners, which serves to form a part of the two walls which meet in that angle. When, therefore, the apostle says that Jesus Christ is the chief corner stone, it means such a foundation stone as that above mentioned.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets , &c.] The prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New, who agree in laying ministerially the one and only foundation, Jesus Christ; for not the persons of the apostles and prophets, nor their doctrines merely, are here meant; but Christ who is contained in them, and who is the foundation on which the church, and all true believers are built: he is the foundation of the covenant of grace, of all the blessings and promises of it, of faith and hope, of peace, joy, and comfort, of salvation and eternal happiness; on this foundation the saints are built by Father, Son, and Spirit, as the efficient causes, and by the ministers of the Gospel as instruments: these lie in the same common quarry with the rest of mankind, and are singled out from thence by efficacious grace; they are broken and hewn by the word and ministers of it, as means; and are ministerially laid on Christ the foundation, and are built up thereon in faith and holiness; yea, private Christians are useful this way to build up one another: Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; which cements and knits together angels and men, Jews and Gentiles, Old and New Testament saints, saints above, and saints below, saints on earth, in all ages and places, and of every denomination; and which is the beauty and glory, as well as the strength of the building, which keeps all together; and Christ is the chief, the headstone of the corner, and who is superior to angels and men. This phrase is used by the Jews to denote excellency in a person; so a wise scholar is called hnyp ba , a cornerstone; (see <19B822> Psalm 118:22 Isaiah 28:16) ( Zechariah 10:4). It may be rendered, the chief cornering-stone; it being such an one that is a foundation stone, as well as a cornerstone; and reached unto, and lay at the bottom of, and supported the four corners of the building; for the foundation and corner stone in this spiritual building, is one and the same stone, Christ: it is said of the temple of Latona, at Buto, in Egypt, that it was made, ex enov liyou , of one stone, as Herodotus an eyewitness of it, attests.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-22 - The church is compared to a city, and every converted sinner is free of it. It is also compared to a house, and every converted sinner is on of the family; a servant, and a child in God's house. The church i also compared to a building, founded on the doctrine of Christ delivered by the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New. God dwells in all believers now; they become the temple of God through the working of the blessed Spirit. Let us then ask if our hope are fixed on Christ, according to the doctrine of his word? Have we devoted ourselves as holy temples to God through him? Are we habitations of God by the Spirit, are we spiritually-minded, and do we bring forth the fruits of the Spirit? Let us take heed not to griev the holy Comforter. Let us desire his gracious presence, and his influences upon our hearts. Let us seek to discharge the dutie allotted to us, to the glory of God __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
εποικοδομηθεντες 2026 5685 επι 1909 τω 3588 θεμελιω 2310 των 3588 αποστολων 652 και 2532 προφητων 4396 οντος 5607 5752 ακρογωνιαιου 204 αυτου 846 ιησου 2424 χριστου 5547
Vincent's NT Word Studies
20. Of the apostles and prophets. The foundation laid by them.
Prophets are New-Testament prophets. See ch. iii. 5; iv. 11. See on 1 Corinthians xii. 10.
Chief corner-stone (akrogwniaou). Only here and 1 Pet. ii. 6.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:20 {Being built upon} (epoikodomeqentes). First aorist passive participle of epoikodomew, for which double compound verb see #1Co 3:10; Co; 2:17. {The foundation} (epi twi qemeliwi). Repetition of epi with the locative case. See #1Co 3:11 for this word. {Of the apostles and prophets} (ton apostolwn kai profetwn). Genitive of apposition with qemeliwi, consisting in. If one is surprised that Paul should refer so to the apostles, he being one himself, Peter does the same thing (#2Pe 3:2). Paul repeats this language in #3:5. {Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone} (ontws akrogwnianiou autou cristou iesou). Genitive absolute. The compound akrogwniaios occurs only in the LXX (first in #Isa 28:16) and in the N.T. (here, #1Pe 2:6). liqos (stone) is understood. Jesus had spoken of himself as the stone, rejected by the Jewish builders (experts), but chosen of God as the head of the corner (#Mt 21:42), eis kefalen gwnias. "The akrogwniaios here is the primary foundation-stone at the angle of the structure by which the architect fixes a standard for the bearings of the walls and cross-walls throughout" (W. W. Lloyd).
