Acts 7:48 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 7:48 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Acts 7:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The speech comes nearer the charge it is to refute. The Temple itself is wrong. Moses acted on direct Divine injunction as to the tabernacle of witness which he made according to the pattern showed h...
Acts 7:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Howbeit, &c. Read, "But not the Most High in hand-made temples dwelleth". The "not"stands first by Figure of speech Anastrophe. App-6. the Most High. Greek. hupsistos. This, as. title of...
Acts 7:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, The Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands - Here St. Stephen evidently refers to Solomon's speech, 1...
Acts 7:48 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And desired to find a tabernacle, &c.— 'Ητησατο, made it his petition. From the account which the Scripture gives of David, it appears how greatly he longed to find out a place for the Lord,—...
Acts 7:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [temples] made with hands. The word "temples," though in the Receive...
Acts 7:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Defence and Martyrdom of Stephen 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech d...
Acts 7:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples. — The sequel shows the impression which these words made on the hearers. Stephen had risen to the truth which, though it had been proclaimed before, h...
Acts 7:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Martyr's Glorious Death Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened th...
Acts 7:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
Acts 7:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. (31) When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as h...
Acts 7:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands ,.... Such an one as Solomon's was; he did indeed dwell in his temple, but he was not confined to it, nor included in it, or circumscrib...
Acts 7:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Ver. 48. Howbeit, the Most High dwelleth not ] This he subjoineth, because the Jews bore themselves so bold up...
Acts 7:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Howbeit Αλλα, but , or yet; we are not to imagine that God permitted a temple to be built even then for his own sake: for it was acknowledged, at the same time, by Solomon himself, that the Mos...
Acts 7:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
Acts 7:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Stephen's Address. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets...
Acts 7:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is also St. Paul's doctrine, Acts 17:21 , which divers amongst the wiser heathens were persuaded of; for God cannot be comprehended in any place, no, not where he is worshipped; and therefore...
Acts 7:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Israel's Attitude Towards God's Dwellingplace Had Been (7:44-50). What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many Hellenistic Jews, certainly in Alexandria where they were us...
Acts 7:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:1 . The high priest’s question, Are these things so? analogous to that put to Christ ( Matthew 26:62 ), was equivalent to a modern “Guilty or not guilty?” Acts 7:2 . C...
Acts 7:48 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of...
Acts 7:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shou...
Acts 7:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then said the high priest, Are these things so? The high priest and his question This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaphas. The ex-officio president of the council called...
Acts 7:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 7:1 And the high priest said for then said the high priest, A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1-44 . Acts 9:1 and Matthew 26:62 )....
Acts 7:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Tabernacle and the Temple:
Acts 7:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:27 ; 2 Chronicles 2:5 ; 2 Chronicles 2:6 ; 2 Chronicles 6:18 ; Acts 17:24 ; Acts 17:25 ; Daniel 4:17 ; Daniel 4:24 ; Daniel 4:25 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 32:8 ; Hosea 7:16 ;...
Acts 7:48 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Stephen's Last Words and Martyrdom Acts 7:44-60 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44-50 ). 1. The fathers...
Acts 7:48 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet the Most High inhabiteth not temples made with hands — As Solomon declared at the very dedication of the temple, 1 Kings 8:27 . The Most High — Whom as such no building can contain. Isaiah 66...

Acts 7:48 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 7:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 7:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 7:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 7:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 7:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 7:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 7:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 7:48 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 7:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 7:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 7:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 7:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:48 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 7:48 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes