Lord
Jehovah. (Isaiah 66:1); (Isaiah 66:2).
Heaven is my throne - See the notes on Matthew 5:34 . Earth is my footstool - See the notes on Matthew 5:35 . What house ... - What hou...
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 witne...
earth. Greek. ge, as in Acts 7:3 . My footstool . the footstool of my feet, as in Acts 2:35 . Compare Matthew 5:35 , and see note on Matthe...
49. For whereas he saith, that heaven is his seat, and the earth his footstool, it must not be so understood as if he had a body, or could be...
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
And desired to find a tabernacle, &c.— 'Ητησατο, made it his petition. From the account which the Scripture gives of David, it appears how gr...
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Heaven is my th...
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, a...
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 th...
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 nati...
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) Whe...
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...
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Ver. 49. Heav...
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, a...
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 s...
Stephen's Address. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of he...
The place referred unto, is Isaiah 66:1 . What house will ye build me, that shall be big enough for one so great as God is? 1 Kings 8:27 .
What Israel's Attitude Towards God's Dwellingplace Had Been (7:44-50). What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many Hellenisti...
Reply to the Charge of Speaking Against the Law and the Temple (7:44-53). Having been accused of speaking against the Law Stephen defends himself...
“The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet. What manner of house will you build Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of m...
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...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:45 . Our fathers that came after should be simply our fathers. Jesus is Joshua , as in Hebrews 4:8 . Into (lit....
Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually rep...
Acts 7:47-50 The Temples of God. Note: I. The physical creation. "Heaven is My throne; and earth is My footstool. Hath not My hand made these th...
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 defe...
Then said the high priest, Are these things so? The high priest and his question This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaph...
But Solomon built Him an house. The temples of God Scripture divides the Divine dispensations into the Patriarchal, the Jewish, and the Christi...
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 (s...
The Tabernacle and the Temple:
Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool; what house will ye build Me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of My rest?
1 Kings 22:19 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Jeremiah 7:4-11 ; John 4:21 ; Malachi 1:11 ; Matthew 23:22 ; Matthew 24:2 ; Matthew 5:34 ; Matthew 5:35 ;...
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...
What is the place of my rest? — Have I need to rest?
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?