Acts 7:46
Other Translations of Acts 7:46
King James Version
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
English Standard Version
46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
The Message
46 David asked God for a permanent place for worship.
New King James Version
46 who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
New Living Translation
46 "David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 7:46
Commentary on Acts 7:42-50
(Read Acts 7:42-50)
Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabernacle gave way to the temple; so it is now, that the earthly temple gives way to the spiritual one; and so it will be when, at last, the spiritual shall give way to the eternal one. The whole world is God's temple, in which he is every where present, and fills it with his glory; what occasion has he then for a temple to manifest himself in? And these things show his eternal power and Godhead. But as heaven is his throne, and the earth his footstool, so none of our services can profit Him who made all things. Next to the human nature of Christ, the broken and spiritual heart is his most valued temple.