Acts 7:48
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Berean Standard Bible
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 the house for Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest 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 →