Acts 7:48
'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
In Context
47and Solomon built Him an house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:8In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam — He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5'And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods;
Psalms 7:17I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!
Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,
Psalms 92:8And Thou [art] high to the age, O Jehovah.
Daniel 4:17by the decree of the sifters [is] the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise 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 →