Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built with hands.
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Genesis 14:19He blessed him saying, 1 “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 1
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in them.
2 Kings 19:15Then Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh and said, “Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, you who sit above the cherubim, you are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
2 Chronicles 6:18But will God actually live with mankind on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!
Psalms 115:16The heavens belong to Yahweh; 1 but the earth he has given to mankind. 1
Psalms 148:13Let them all praise the name of Yahweh, 1 for his name alone is exalted 1 and his glory extends over the earth and the heavens. 1
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32
Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →