48 But the Most High does not live in houses[a] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,

49 ‘Heaven is my throne
    and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
    or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:48 Or “temples made by human hands”; either word (“houses” or “temples”) is understood here
  2. Acts 7:50 A quotation from Isa 66:1–2