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.

[7:49]  ¹ sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.

[13:17]  ² tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ³ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  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.

[13:17]  ⁵ tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ⁶ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  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.