Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build for me? says the Lord: or what is the place in which I can rest?
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
48Yet the most High does not dwell in temples made with hands; as the prophet says,
50Has not my hand made all these things?
Cross References
Matthew 23:22And he 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 you shall 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 →