Acts 7:33

7:33 But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ¹ 

Acts 4:31

4:31 When ²  they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, ³  and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak ⁴  the word of God ⁵  courageously. ⁶ 

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? ⁷ 

[7:33]  ¹ sn A quotation from Exod 3:5. The phrase holy ground points to the fact that God is not limited to a particular locale. The place where he is active in revealing himself is a holy place.

[4:31]  ² tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[4:31]  ³ sn The place where they were assembled…was shaken. This signifies that God is in their midst. See Acts 16:26; Exod 19:18; Ps 114:7; Isa 6:4.

[4:31]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to speak”). Logical sequencing suggests that their speaking began after they were filled with the Spirit. The prayer was answered immediately.

[4:31]  ⁵ tn Or “speak God’s message.”

[4:31]  ⁶ tn Or “with boldness.”

[7:49]  ³ sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.