48'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:g
49The heaven [is] My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what [is] the place of My rest?h
50hath not My hand made all these things?
Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin, the longest speech in Acts. Rather than a legal defense, Stephen retells Israel's story from Abraham to Solomon, highlighting a recurring pattern: God's people resist His messengers and miss His presence. The speech culminate
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