Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 7:49 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 49. 49Heaven 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?
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Quick Meaning
Cites heaven as throne and earth as footstool while asking what house humans could supply.
Read It With
- Acts 7:44–7:50
Read Acts 7:49 with 7:44–7:50. In isolation, this contribution—cites heaven as throne and earth as footstool while asking what house humans could supply—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Stephen moves from the wilderness tabernacle through Joshua and David to Solomon, then cites the prophets to deny that the Most High is confined to human buildings.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Cites heaven as throne and earth as footstool while asking what house humans could supply. This precise contribution belongs inside “Tabernacle, temple, and the Creator are distinguished” because Stephen moves from the wilderness tabernacle through Joshua and David to Solomon, then cites the prophets to deny that the Most High is confined to human buildings.
What Remains True
Acts 7:49's particular contribution—cites heaven as throne and earth as footstool while asking what house humans could supply—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 7:44–7:50.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 7:49's particular contribution—cites heaven as throne and earth as footstool while asking what house humans could supply—through this passage-controlled response: Honor tabernacle and temple within Israel's story while remembering that the Creator is not controlled by buildings or institutions.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 7:44–7:50 — Tabernacle, temple, and the Creator are distinguishedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 7:44–7:50, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 7:44-7:50
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 7:44-7:50
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 7:44–7:50
Open source ↗