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Acts 7:48

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

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ASV

Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

KJV

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀλλ᾽all᾽YetG235 →
οὐχouchnotG3756 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ὕψιστοςhupsistosMost HighG5310 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
χειροποιήτοιςcheiropoiētoishand-madeG5499 →
κατοικεῖ,katoikeidwells,G2730 →
καθὼςkathōsEven asG2531 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
προφήτηςprophētēsprophetG4396 →
λέγει·legeisays:G3004 →

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Acts 17:24–25The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.Isaiah 66:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.2 Chronicles 2:5–6The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.Psalms 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!Daniel 4:24–25This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.Hebrews 9:11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.Mark 14:58“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—

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