Acts 7:49

7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne,

and earth is the footstool for my feet.

What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,

or what is my resting place? 1 

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel 2  chose our ancestors 3  and made the people great 4  during their stay as foreigners 5  in the country 6  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm 7  he led them out of it.

1 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.

2 tn Or “people of Israel.”

3 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

4 tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

5 tn Or “as resident aliens.”

6 tn Or “land.”

7 sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.