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Acts 7:46 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 46
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.Acts 7:46 · King James Version
Acts 7:46 in context
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47But Solomon built him an house.
48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernacleskēnōmaa tent, a tabernacle, of the temple as God's habitation, of the tabernacle of the…G4638 →
- desiredaiteōto ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, requireG154 →
- favourcharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- beforeenōpionin the presence of, before, of occupied place in that place which is before, or over…G1799 →
- foundheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Two things we have in these verses: - I. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for their early forsaking him in worshipping the golden calf;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 42-50