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Selected Verse: Acts 7:49 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:49 |
King James |
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? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Heaven is my throne - See the notes on Mat 5:34.
Earth is my footstool - See the notes on Mat 5:35.
What house ... - What house or temple can be large or magnificent enough for the dwelling of Him who made all things?
The place of my rest - My home, my abode, my fixed seat or habitation. Compare Psa 95:11. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Lord
Jehovah. (Isa 66:1); (Isa 66:2). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
What house
Rev., more correctly, "what manner of house" (ποῖον). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| What is the place of my rest? - Have I need to rest? |
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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?