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Acts 7:49-50

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7:49Heaven 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 

7:50 Did my hand 2  not make all these things? 3 

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

2 tn Or “Did I.” The phrase “my hand” is ultimately a metaphor for God himself.

3 tn The question in Greek introduced with οὐχί (ouci) expects a positive reply.

sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him?



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