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 13:25

13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ²  he said repeatedly, ³  ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ ⁴ 

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

[13:25]  ² tn Or “task.”

[13:25]  ³ tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.

[13:25]  ⁴ tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.