Acts 7:48

But the high God dwelleth not in things made by hand, as he saith by the prophet,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

In Context

47But Solomon builded the house to him. [Solomon forsooth built an house to him.] (But it was Solomon who built a House, or the Temple, for him.)

49Heaven is a seat to me (or Heaven is my throne), and the earth is the stool of my feet; what house shall ye build to me, saith the Lord, either what place is of my resting? [or which is the place of my resting?]

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Highest parted folks, when he separated the sons of Adam, he ordained the terms of peoples by the number of the sons of Israel. (When the Most High God divided the nations, when he separated the sons of man, he ordained the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.)

2 Chronicles 2:5For the house which I covet to build is great; forsooth the Lord our God is great over all gods.

Psalms 7:17I shall acknowledge to the Lord by his rightfulness; and I shall sing to the name of the highest Lord. (I shall praise the Lord for his righteousness; and I shall sing to the name of the Most High Lord.)

Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the help of the highest God; shall dwell in the protection of God of heaven. (He who dwelleth in the shelter of the Most High God, shall live under the protection of the God of heaven.)

Psalms 92:8forsooth thou, Lord, art the Highest, [into] without end. (But thou, Lord, art the Most High, forever.)

Daniel 4:17In the sentence of wakers it is deemed, and it is the word and asking of saints, till living men know, that [the] high God is Lord in the realm of men; and he shall give it to whomever he will, and he shall ordain on it the meekest man. (In the decision of the watchers so it is determined, and it is the word and the asking of the saints, until all those living know, that the Most High God is Lord over the kingdom of people; and he shall give it to whomever he will, and he may ordain upon it even the most humble person.)

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 →

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