Acts 7:48
However the Most High does not dwell in man-made temples, just as the prophet says,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47But Solomon built him a house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5And the house which I build is great. For our God is great above all gods.
Psalms 7:17I will give thanks to LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of LORD Most High.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 92:8but thou, O LORD, are on high for evermore.
Daniel 4:17The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over i
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:43-51
Stephen's Address. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses,… Read the whole commentary →