Acts 7:48
Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.
Psalms 7:17His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
Psalms 91:1The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 92:8When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:
Daniel 4:17This is the decree by the sentence of the watchers, and the word And demand of the holy ones; till the living know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men; and he will give it to whomsoever it shall please him, and he will appoint the basest man over it.
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 →