Acts 7:48 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 7:48

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 7:48

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American Standard Version
Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in `houses' made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Amplified® Bible
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses {and} temples made with hands; as the prophet says,

Contemporary English Version
But the Most High God doesn't live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,

Darby English Version
But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,

Good News Bible
"But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands; as the prophet says,

International Standard Version
However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

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

New American Standard Bible
"However, the Most High does not dwell in {houses} made by {human} hands; as the prophet says:

New International Version
"However, the Most High does not live in houses made by men. As the prophet says:

New King James Version
'However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Young's Literal Translation
`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

New English Translation
Yet the Most High¹ does not live in houses made by human hands,² as the prophet says,

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