Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
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Gill's Exposition
Heaven is my throne,.... There is the seat of the divine Majesty; there his glory is most conspicuous; there he keeps his court, that is his palace; and there are his attendants, the angels; and from…
Barnes' Notes
Howbeit - But. Stephen was charged with speaking against the temple. He had now shown that he had due veneration for it, by his declaring that it had been built by the command of God. But he “now”…
Adam Clarke
The Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands - Here St. Stephen evidently refers to Solomon's speech, Kg1 8:27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of…
Two things we have in these verses: -
I. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for their early forsaking him in worshipping the golden…
Cambridge Bible
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet The oldest authorities omit temples. We must supply some English word to complete the sense; perhaps houses. Stephen…
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