The Cornerstone — Even Rosh Pinnah
אֶבֶן רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה
The stone the builders rejected, become the head of the corner — with the Stone of Israel (Gen 49:24) behind it.
Psalm 118 is sung at every Passover seder — rejection reversed is a Jewish song before it is a Christian doctrine. The NT quotes this one verse more than almost any other: the whole passion story compressed into masonry.
First occurrence
Ps 118:22 — The Hallel's astonished line
Key passages
Isa 28:16 — 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone'
Matt 21:42 — Yeshua applies the psalm to Himself in the temple courts
1Pet 2:6 — Peter stacks all three stone texts
Gen 49:24 — 'From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel'
In the Greek Scriptures
κεφαλὴ γωνίας