Acts 7:47

Acts 7:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Solomon built him an house.
• New International Version (NIV)But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Solomon built Him a house.

Context of Acts 7:47

45Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David. 46He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. But Solomon built a house for him. 48Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says, 49‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

Acts 7:47 word by word

Σολομὼν δὲ οἰκοδόμησεν αὐτῷ οἶκον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• SolomonΣολομών, ΣαλωμώνSolomōn Solomōn · SolomonG4672
• builtοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• an houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624

Cross-references for Acts 7:47

• 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
• 1 Kings 5:1(5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
• 1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
• 1 Kings 7:13King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.
• 1 Kings 8:20The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel
• 1 Chronicles 17:1When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.”
• 2 Chronicles 2:1(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.
• Zechariah 6:12Then say to him, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Look – here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

Commentaries on Acts 7:47

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47But Solomon … - Built the temple. David was not permitted to do it because he had been a man of war, 1 Chronicles 22:8. He prepared the principal materials for the temple, but Solomon built it, 1 Chronicles 22: Compare 1 Kings 6.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-50Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53Stephen answered the accusations by speaking about his Lord (see Luke 21:12–17). Instead of defending himself, he became a witness in God's legal case against them. This revealed how contrary they were and their lack of loyalty. Stephen gave a history of Israel's past and reminded them of their repeated rejections of those who announced God's messages. Stephen's review of Israel's history has three main parts: The work of the patriarchs. This refers to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 42-5042-50. gave them up--judicially. as ... written in the book of the prophets--the twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Am 5:25. have ye offered to me ... sacrifices?--The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [Bengel].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings