Acts 7:49
'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool for my feet. 1 What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, 1 or what is the place for my rest? 1
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48However, the Most High does not live in houses made with hands, as the prophet says, 1
50Did my hand not make all these things?'
Cross References
Psalms 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple; 1 his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind. 1
Jeremiah 7:4Do not entrust yourself to deceitful words and say, “Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh!”
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations and in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name. For my name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Matthew 23:22And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
John 4:21Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
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 →