Acts 7:49

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?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
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 witne...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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 gr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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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, a...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

Lord Jehovah. ( Isaiah 66:1 ); ( Isaiah 66:2 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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?

Related Commentaries of Acts 7:49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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