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Acts 3:22

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3:22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey 1  him in everything he tells you. 2 

Acts 7:37

Context
7:37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 3 God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ 4 

1 tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouw; see L&N 36.14) and the following context (v. 23) makes it clear that failure to “obey” the words of this “prophet like Moses” will result in complete destruction.

2 sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. By quoting Deut 18:15 Peter declared that Jesus was the eschatological “prophet like [Moses]” mentioned in that passage, who reveals the plan of God and the way of God.

3 tn Grk “to the sons of Israel.”

4 sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. This quotation sets up Jesus as the “leader-prophet” like Moses (Acts 3:22; Luke 9:35).



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