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`heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet. What kind of house will you build me?` says the Lord; `Or what is the place of my rest?
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God Cannot Be Contained
Stephen quotes Isaiah to make a profound point: God is infinite and cannot be confined to any man-made building. Commentators explain that describing heaven as His throne and earth as His footstool is a way to express His immense majesty and sovereignty. The entire universe is His temple, so no structure on earth could ever be His true "home" or place of rest. This challenges any attempt to limit or localize God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Heaven is my throne. See Barnes on Matthew 5:34.
Earth is my footstool. See Barnes on Matthew 5:35.
Wh…
What manner of house (Ποιον οικον). What sort of a house? This interrogative is sometimes scornful as in 4:7; Luke 6:32…
Stephen reaches the climax of his antitemple polemic by insisting that “the Most High does not live in houses made by men”—a concept he supports by…
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16th Century
Protestant
For when he says, heaven is his seat, and the earth his footstool, it should not be understood as if he had a body or could be divided int…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Heaven is my throne There is the seat of the divine Majesty; there his glory is most conspicuous; there he keeps his…
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 wa…
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