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Act 7:48. Οὐκ, not) This particle put in the beginning of the sentence has great force. The same protestation was made by Solomon in the very act of dedicating the temple, 1Ki 8:27.-ὁ Ὕψιστος, the Highest) An appropriate appellation. He is not to be contained by any edifice.-ἐν χειροποιήτοις, in what are made with hands) This is the ancient reading,[53] to which the more modern authorities have added ΝΑΟῖς, from ch. Act 17:24 : ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΊΗΤΑ is wont to be used by the LXX. absolutely for idols; also for shrines or sanctuaries, Isa 16:12. And most elegantly Stephen abstains from the term ναοῖς, refuting thus their superstition. The Divine manufacture (making with hands), is the whole universe of things, Act 7:50.
[53] This reading is preferred both by the margin of the Ed. 2 and by the Vers. Germ., though the larger Ed. judged differently.-E. B.
So ABCDE Vulg. But Rec. Text adds ναοῖς, without any of the oldest authorities.-E. and T.