Acts 7:48
But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,
Darby Translation
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 assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
Psalms 7:17I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 92:8And thou, Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
Daniel 4:17This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest 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 →