Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
48But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,
50Hath not my hand made all of these things?
Cross References
Matthew 23:22And the one swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.
John 4:21Jesus says to her, Believe me, woman, that the hour cometh, you will worship the Father neither in 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 →