Acts 7:46 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 7:46

God’s True Tabernacle

44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses ^ato make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

45 ^awhich our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, ^bwhom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the ^cdays of David,

46 ^awho found favor before God and ^basked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

47 ^aBut Solomon built Him a house.

48 “However, ^athe Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

49 ‘Heaven^a is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?

50 Has My hand not ^amade all these things?’

Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 “You ^astiff-necked and ^buncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

52 ^aWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of ^bthe Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

53 ^awho have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

Stephen the Martyr

54 ^aWhen they heard these things they were¹ cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

55 But he, ^abeing full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the ^bglory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

56 and said, “Look! ^aI see the heavens opened and the ^bSon of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And ^athe witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, ^areceive my spirit.”

60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, ^a“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Verse Comparison: Acts 7:46

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American Standard Version
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

Amplified® Bible
Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. [II Sam. 7:8-16; Ps. 132:1-5.]

Contemporary English Version
He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel.

Darby English Version
who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Good News Bible
He won God's favor and asked God to allow him to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

International Standard Version
He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

King James Version
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

New American Standard Bible
"{David} found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

New International Version
who enjoyed God's favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

New King James Version
who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" David found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

New English Translation
He¹ found favor² with³ God and asked that he could⁴ find a dwelling place⁵ for the house⁶ of Jacob.

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