Acts 7:48
But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47But Solomon was the builder of his house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
Psalms 7:17\7:16\His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Psalms 92:8\92:7\When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.
Daniel 4:17This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men.
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 →