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Acts 7:48-50 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verses 48–50 · King James Version
48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 50Hath not my hand made all these things?Acts 7:48-50 · King James Version
Acts 7:48-50 in context
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,
49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50Hath not my hand made all these things?
51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Cross references
- Acts 17:24-25
- Isaiah 66:1-2
- 1 Kings 8:27
- 2 Chronicles 2:5-6
- 2 Chronicles 6:18
- Psalms 91:9
- Psalms 91:1
- Daniel 4:17
- Isaiah 66:1
- Psalms 11:4
Key words (Strong's)
- footstoolpousa foot, both of men or beast, often in the orient, one put his foot on vanquished, of…G4228 →
- footstoolhypopodiona footstool, to make one a footstool of one s feetG5286 →
- dwellethkatoikeōto dwell, settle, metaph. divine powers, influences, etc., are said to dwell in his soul…G2730 →
- Howbeitallabut, nevertheless, notwithstanding, an objection, an exception, a restriction, nay…G235 →
- templesnaosused of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice itself, consisting of the…G3485 →
- Heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- thronethronosa throne seat, a chair of state having a footstool, assigned in the NT to kings, hence…G2362 →
- handscheiropoiētosmade by the hands i.e the skill of men, of temples, of circumcision, of idolsG5499 →
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