Acts 7:37

37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, "God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up.'

Acts 7:37 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:37

This is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel,
&c.] What is recorded in ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ) .

a prophet
(See Gill on Acts 3:22).

Acts 7:37 In-Context

35 "It was this Moses whom they rejected when they said, "Who made you a ruler and a judge?' and whom God now sent as both ruler and liberator through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

36 He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, "God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up.'

38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living oracles to give to us.

39 Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [your brothers]