45. which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,
46. who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
47. But Solomon built Him a house.
48. “However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49. ‘Heaven is My throne,And earth is My footstool.What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,Or what is the place of My rest?
50. Has My hand not made all these things?’
51. “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
52. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,