Acts 3:22
Context3:22 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
Context7:37 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).