Acts 7:49-51

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 7:49 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.
2. Acts 7:50 tn Or “Did I.” The phrase “my hand” is ultimately a metaphor for God himself.
3. Acts 7:50 tn The question in Greek introduced with οὐχί (ouchi) expects a positive reply.sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him?
4. Acts 7:51 sn Traditionally, “stiff-necked people.” Now the critique begins in earnest.
5. Acts 7:51 tn The term ἀπερίτμητοι (aperitmētoi, “uncircumcised”) is a NT hapax legomenon (occurs only once). See BDAG 101-2 s.v. ἀπερίτμητος and Isa 52:1.
6. Acts 7:51 tn Or “You stubborn and obstinate people!” (The phrase “uncircumcised hearts and ears” is another figure for stubbornness.)
7. Acts 7:51 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”