Acts 7:49
'heaven is my throne,and the earth a footstool for my feet.What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord;'or what is the place of my rest?
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
48However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
50Did not my hand make all these things?'
Cross References
Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple.The Lord is on his throne in heaven.His eyes observe.His eyes examine the children of men.
Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in lying words, saying, "The Lord's temple, The Lord's temple, The Lord's temple, are these."
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 23:22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
John 4:21Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
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 →