en_tn_condensed/act/04/11.md

Connecting Statement:

Peter completes his speech to the Jewish religious rulers that he began in Acts 4:8.

Jesus Christ is the stone ... which has been made the head cornerstone

Peter is quoting from the Psalms. This is a metaphor that means the religious leaders, like builders, rejected Jesus, but God will made him the most important in his kingdom, as a cornerstone in a building is important. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

head

Here the word "head" means "most important" or "vital."

you as builders despised

"you as builders rejected" or "you as builders rejected as worth nothing"