Acts 7:45-55

45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[a]
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
48 “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 “ ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[b]
51 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
53 you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Joshua 3:14-17; Joshua 18:1; Joshua 23:9; Joshua 24:18; Psalms 44:2
  • 2. 2 Samuel 7:2,6
  • 3. 2 Samuel 7:8-16; 1 Kings 8:17; Psalms 132:1-5
  • 4. 1 Kings 6:1-38
  • 5. S Mark 5:7
  • 6. 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6
  • 7. Matthew 5:34,35
  • 8. Isaiah 66:1,2
  • 9. Exodus 32:9; Exodus 33:3,5
  • 10. Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 9:26
  • 11. 2 Chronicles 36:16; S Matthew 5:12
  • 12. Acts 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:15
  • 13. ver 38; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2
  • 14. Acts 5:33
  • 15. S Luke 1:15
  • 16. S Mark 16:19

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some early manuscripts "the house of Jacob"
  • [b]. Isaiah 66:1,2
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