Acts 7:49

Heaven is my throne and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me (saith the Lord)? Or what is the place of my resting?

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

In Context

48Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith: Dwelleth not in houses, etc... That is, so as to stand in need of earthly dwellings, or to be contained, or circumscribed by them. Though, otherwise by his immense divinity, he is in our houses; and every where else; and Christ in his humanity dwelt in houses; and is now on our altars.

50Hath not my hand made all these things?

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Cross References

Psalms 11:4May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.

Jeremiah 7:4Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.

Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts. A clean oblation... Viz., the precious body and blood of Christ in the eucharistic sacrifice.

Matthew 23:22And he that sweareth by heaven sweareth by the throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon.

John 4:21Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father.

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 →

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