Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 7:46

"who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob." — Acts 7:46 (ASV)

Who found favour before God.—Again we trace, though still in the form of a narrative, an indirect answer to the accusation brought against Stephen. He was ready to acknowledge without reserve that the Temple was planned by the man after God’s own heart, and built by the wisest of the sons of men. But the question still remained whether it was therefore the symbol of a final and perfect worship, whether it did not bear witness to its own incompleteness.