Acts 7:48
But the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, according as the prophet says:
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47and Solomon built Him a house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8In the Most High causing nations to inherit, || In His separating sons of Adam—He sets up the borders of the peoples || By the number of the sons of God [[ or sons of Israel]].
2 Chronicles 2:5And the house that I am building [is] great, for our God [is] greater than all gods;
Psalms 7:17I thank YHWH, || According to His righteousness, || And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, || Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,
Psalms 92:8And You [are] high for all time, O YHWH.
Daniel 4:17by the decree of the sifters [is] the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He wills He gives it, and the lowest of men He raises up 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 →