Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my resting?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cælum mihi sedes est : terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum ædificabitis mihi ? dicit Dominus : aut quis locus requietionis meæ est ?
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος, ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου· ποῖον οἶκον οἰκοδομήσετέ μοι, λέγει κύριος, ἢ τίς τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου;
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCI
16. Let us return to the words of the Psalm. “They shall bear Thee in their hands, lest at any time Thou hurt Thy foot against a stone” ( ver. 12 ). Christ was raised up in the hands of Angels, when He was taken up into heaven: not that, if Angels had not sustained Him, He would have fallen: but because they were attending on their King. Say not, Those who sustained Him are better than He who was sustained. Are then cattle better than men, because they sustain the weakness of men? And we ought not to speak thus either; for if the cattle withdraw their support, their riders fall. …
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XVII on Acts vii. 35
This is very suitable to the matter in hand. “This Moses,” he says. “This,” the man who had been in danger of losing his life; the man who had been set at naught by them; “this” the man whom they had declined: “this” same, God having raised up, sent unto them. “Whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler?” just as they themselves (the hearers) said, “We have no king, but Cæsar.” ( John xix. 15 .) He here shows also, that what was then done, was done by Christ. “The same did God send by the hand of the Angel,” who said unto him, “I am the God of Abraham.” “This” same Moses, he says, and observe how he points to his renown, “this” same Moses, he says, “brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. …
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XVII on Acts vii. 35
Marvel not, he says, if they on whom Christ confers His benefits refuse His kingdom, seeing in the case of Moses it was just the same. (Recapitulation). “He brought them out;” and rescued them not in a general way, but also while they were in the wilderness. “Wonders and signs,” etc. ( v. 35-50 .) Do you mark that they themselves (Stephen’s hearers) are concerned in those old miracles also? “This is that Moses:” ( v. 37 ) he, that conversed with God; he, that had been saved out of situations so strange and wonderful; he, that wrought so great works, and had so great power. [“Which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet,” etc.] He shows, that the prophecy must by all means be fulfilled, and that Moses is not opposed to Him. “This is he that was in the Church in the wilderness, and, that said unto the children of Israel.” ( v. …