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 upon the temple, and made such ado about it, as if God were tied to it (as the Chinese chain their gods, that they may be sure of them), crying, "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord," when they little respected the Lord of the temple. The disciples also were taxed with this error, Matthew 24:1, and thought that the temple and the world must needs end together; quasi absque stationibus non staret mundus. But our Saviour undeceiveth them there.