Acts 7:37

37 "This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'

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 This Moses whom they had repudiated, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?'--this man God sent [as] both ruler and redeemer with {the help} of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness [for] forty years.

37 "This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'

38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who [with] our fathers received living oracles to give to us,

39 to whom our fathers were not willing to become obedient, but rejected [him] and turned [back] in their hearts to Egypt,

Footnotes

• [a]. A quotation from Deut 18:15