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Acts 7:48

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

KJV

ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις κατοικεῖ· καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει,

Greek NT

Sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut propheta dicit :

Vulgate

Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

ASV

Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
χειροποίητος
cheiropoietos
adjective · 6×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὕψιστος
upsistos
adjective · 13×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: χειροποιήτοις | WH/Treg/NIV: χειροποιήτοις | RP: + ναοῖς
  • χειροποιήτοιςSBLGNT
  • χειροποιήτοιςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ναοῖςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:27 — But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
  • 1Kgs 8:27 — But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
  • 2Chr 2:5 — And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
  • 2Chr 2:6 — But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
  • 2Chr 6:18 — But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
  • 2Chr 6:18 — But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
  • Acts 17:24 — 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;
  • Acts 17:24 — 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;
  • Dan 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whom
  • Dan 4:24 — This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
  • Dan 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
  • Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
  • Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
  • Gen 14:18 — And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
  • Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Luke 1:32 — He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
  • Mark 14:58 — We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
  • Ps 7:17 — I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
  • Ps 7:17 — I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
  • Ps 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
  • Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 91:9 — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
  • Ps 92:8 — But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.