Acts 7:48
Although indeed, the Most High, not in hand-made places, dwelleth; just as, the prophet, saith—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47But, Solomon, built him a house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5And, the house which I am about to build, [must be] great,—for great is our God, above all gods.
Psalms 7:17I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness,—and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry,
Psalms 92:8But, thou, shalt be on high age-abidingly, O Yahweh.
Daniel 4:17By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it.
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 →