For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- BSB For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
- NKJV For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
- NASB Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen; to Him you shall listen regarding everything He says to you.
- NLT Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’
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Quick answer
Peter cites Moses' promise of a prophet like himself whom the people must heed. He identifies Jesus as that long-awaited Prophet.
Overview
Quoting Deuteronomy 18:15, Peter shows that Moses himself pointed forward to a coming Prophet, fulfilled in Jesus. To listen to this Prophet is to obey God. This grounds the authority of Christ in the Law that Israel revered, presenting Jesus not as a rival to Moses but as the one to whom Moses bore witness and whose word demands obedience.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 18:15–19The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- Acts 7:37This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
- Gal 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
- John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Heb 5:9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- Heb 1:1–2God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
- John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- Luke 9:30–35And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
- Isa 55:3–4Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Heb 2:9–17But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Rom 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
- Mark 9:4–7And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
- John 5:39–47Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- Rev 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
- John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
- Matt 17:4–5Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
- John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Rom 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Luke 13:33Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
- Luke 24:19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
- Heb 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
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