Acts 7:47
But Solomon built him an house.
Acts 7:47 in other translations
| BSB | But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. |
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| WEB | But Solomon built him a house. |
| ASV | But Solomon built him a house. |
| YLT | and Solomon built Him an house. |
| DARBY | but Solomon built him a house. |
| BBE | But Solomon was the builder of his house. |
| Webster | But Solomon built him a house. |
What does Acts 7:47 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:42-50
42-50. 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].
Barnes' Notes
(f) "Solomon" 1Kgs 8:27, 8:20 (=) "house" "Temple"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…
Acts 7:47 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 7:47
- 1 Kings 8:20
And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- 1 Kings 6:37-38
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
- 1 Kings 7:13-51
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: …
- 2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Kings 5:1-6:2
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. …
- 2 Chronicles 2:1-4
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.
- Zechariah 6:12-13
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
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Context
- Acts 7:46
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
- Acts 7:47
But Solomon built him an house.
- Acts 7:48
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 7:47 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Salomón le edificó casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais Salomon lui bâtit une maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Salomon aber baute ihm ein Haus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Salomon autem ædificavit illi domum. |