Bible Strands
Acts 3:22
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the Jerusalem crowd immediately after healing a lame man, explaining the event by quoting Moses’ ancient promise.
The words — γὰρ (gar, “for”) and εἶπεν (eipen, “said”) directly tie Peter’s statement to Moses’ original address to the Israelite fathers.
The thread — Peter repeats this quotation in Acts 7:37 and anchors it to Deuteronomy 18:15, while Galatians 4:4 separately notes that God sent His Son born of a woman under the law when the time was fulfilled.
Why it lands — The text commands obedience to the raised prophet in all matters, warns that refusal results in complete removal from the people, and places this demand within the broader framework of God’s announced restoration.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- Acts 7:37 This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
- Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Luke 9:30 Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.
- John 5:24 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- Hebrews 1:1 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
- Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.