Verse 48
Acts 7:48
World English Bible
48
However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Original Language Text
greek
ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν ⸀χειροποιήτοις κατοικεῖ· καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει·
English Translation
But the Most High does not dwell in handmade things, as the prophet says.
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Chapter 7 Context
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The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
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He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God (Elohim) of glory appeared to our father Abraham, wh...
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and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will s...
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Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was...
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He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would g...
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God (Elohim) spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that...
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‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God (Elohim), ‘and after that will...
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He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him...
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“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God (Elohim) was with him,...
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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of...
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Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no...
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But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
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On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh....
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Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
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Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
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and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silve...
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“But as the time of the promise came close which God (Elohim) had sworn to Abraham, the people grew...
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until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.
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The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their...
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At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his fath...
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When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
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Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
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But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israe...
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Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Eg...
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He supposed that his brothers understood that God (Elohim), by his hand, was giving them deliverance...
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“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying,...
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But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us...
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Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
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Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father o...
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“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Si...
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When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to hi...
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‘I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, the God (Elohim) of Isaac, and...
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The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
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I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I ha...
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“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God (Elohim) has sent hi...
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This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderne...
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This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God (Elohim) will raise up a p...
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This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai...
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to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt...
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saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the...
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They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of th...
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But God (Elohim) turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book...
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You took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
the star of your god Rephan,
the figures which you made to wor...
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“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses co...
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which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession...
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who found favor in the sight of God (Elohim), and asked to find a habitation for the God (Elohim) of...
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But Solomon built him a house.
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However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
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‘heaven is my throne,
and the earth a footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build me?’...
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Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
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“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fa...
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Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of th...
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You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
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Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their tee...
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But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God (...
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and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God (E...
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But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
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They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a...
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They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Yashua (Jesus), receive my spirit!”
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He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had...
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