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Acts 7:48

Yet it is not in buildings made by hands that the Most High dwells. As the prophet says –

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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 a house for God.

49‘The heavens are a throne for me, and the earth a stool for my feet. What manner of house will you build me, asks the Lord, or what place is there where I may rest?

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Cross References

Psalms 7:17I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalms 91:1You whose home is the shelter of God Most High, whose abode is the shadow of God Almighty,

Psalms 92:8But you are exalted forever.

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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