Acts 7:48

Yet the Most High ¹  does not live in houses made by human hands, ²  as the prophet says,

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"However, the Most High does not live in houses made by men. As the prophet says:

biblegateway Act 7:48

"However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

biblegateway Act 7:48

However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,

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"Yet that doesn't mean that Most High God lives in a building made by carpenters and masons. The prophet Isaiah put it well when he wrote,

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But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

bibleoremus Act 7:48

Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands; as the prophet says,

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"However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

biblegateway Act 7:48

Yet the Most High ¹  does not live in houses made by human hands, ²  as the prophet says,

¹ sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7).

² sn The phrase made by human hands is negative in the NT: Mark 14:58; Acts 17:24; Eph 2:11; Heb 9:11, 24. It suggests “man-made” or “impermanent.” The rebuke is like parts of the Hebrew scripture where the rebuke is not of the temple, but for making too much of it (1 Kgs 8:27; Isa 57:15; 1 Chr 6:8; Jer 7:1-34).