Skandalon is an obstacle or occasion that leads people into stumbling, whether set by people, teaching, or a confronting message.

The term denotes an obstacle or occasion by which people stumble: it can be associated with persons and influences that bring others into error, and it can describe the cross or stone imagery that confronts and is rejected by some.

1. An obstacle that brings stumbling · dominant

   In Luke 17:1 the plural form occurs in the warning that such obstacles will come and that woe falls on the person through whom they come. The same use covers a person addressed as an obstacle in Matthew 16:23, something placed before others in Romans 14:13, and teaching that led to idolatrous food and sexual immorality in Revelation 2:14. In 1 Corinthians 1:23 and Galatians 5:11, the clause places the term with Christ crucified and the cross, while 1 Peter 2:8 and Romans 9:33 join it to stone-and-rock imagery for those who disobey or fail to trust.

   Luke 17:1Matthew 16:23Romans 14:13Revelation 2:141 Corinthians 1:231 Peter 2:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "stumbling block" or "stumbling blocks," including for the cross, Peter, harmful teaching, and what should not be placed before a brother. It also uses "cause for stumbling" in 1 John 2:10; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.