coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
disallowed indeed of men: The figurative language pictures a builder picking up stones, making very quick decisions about which one will go into the building and which will not. The Lord was treated in the same way as he was rejected by the builders, the Jews, as being unworthy of being in the building of God. They tossed Him aside so lightly it was as if one picked up a stone, made a quick decision, and then cast Him aside.