Acts 17:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

God that made the world; this seems to be directed against the Epicureans, who held, that the world was without beginning. Dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as if he could be tied to them, or circumcised by them: yet God did in some respect dwell in his temple, where he did manifest himself more clearly than in other places; but that was a type of heaven, the throne of God.

Acts 17:24

24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;