Acts 7:48
Yet the Most High does not live in houses built by hands, just as he said through the prophet:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
Psalms 7:17His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
Daniel 4:17The tree that you saw was lofty and strong; its height reached toward heaven, and it could be seen throughout the whole world.
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 →