Acts 7:37
in Acts 7This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
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ASV
This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
KJV
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
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This verse in Acts 7
Commentary
16 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Which said ... - Deu 18:15, Deu 18:18. See this explained, Act 3:22. Stephen introduced this to remind them of the promise of a Messiah; to show his faith in that promise; and “particularly” to remind them of their obligation to hear and obey him.
This site's exposition
This Moses, whom they had rejected
on Acts 7:35-37
God sent the Moses whom Israel rejected to be their ruler and redeemer. Stephen closes with Moses's promise of a prophet like him, which Peter had cited at 3:22 and which points to Christ. This council now refuses to hear that prophet.
This site's exposition
a prophet like me
Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, a promise already cited in Acts 3:22. Matthew Henry argues that this answers the charge of blaspheming Moses, since Stephen honors Moses by showing his prophecy fulfilled in Jesus. Theophylact adds that the coming prophet would also be like Moses in being rejected.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
"But also a witnessing voice was heard from heaven, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear Him.' And in addition to this, willing to convict more fully of error the prophets from whom they asserted that they had learned, …
"This" same Moses, he says,-and observe how he points to his renown-"this" same Moses, he says, "brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me": set at naught like me. Him, likewise, Herod wished to kill, and in Egypt He found preservation just as it was with the former, even when He was a babe, He was aimed at for destruction.
"Wonders and signs," etc. He shows, that the prophecy must by all means be fulfilled, and that Moses is not opposed to Him. "Which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet," etc. He shows, that the prophecy must by all means be fulfilled, and that Moses is not opposed to Him.
This the blessed Stephen brought forward, hinting to them the mystery according to Christ, and showing that Moses also had spoken to you about him. For God and Father announces again the incarnation of His own offspring through the all-wise Moses, and that a second …
The Medieval Church1 voice
This is Moses who said to the sons of Israel: God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, like me. Like me, visible in the flesh, but more wonderful in majesty and more terrible in majesty than I. He says, lest …
8 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church1 voice
"This is that Moses who said to the sons of Israel: 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren, like me,'" that is, like me, counted as nothing for that for which he should much sooner have been …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Now this is very full to Stephen's purpose; in asserting that Jesus should change the customs of the ceremonial law, he was so far from blaspheming Moses that really he did him the greatest honour imaginable, by showing how the prophecy of Moses was accomplished, which was so clear, that, as Christ told them himself, If they had believed Moses, they would have believed him, John
He not only was a type of Christ (many were so that perhaps had not an actual foresight of his day), but Moses spoke of him (
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This is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel,.... What is recorded in Deu 18:15. a prophet, &c. See Gill on Act 3:22.
He applies this to those that prosecuted him, and sat in judgment upon him, sharply reproving them for their wickedness, by which they had brought upon themselves the ruin of their place and nation, and then could not bear to hear of it,
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge, &c.--Here, again, "the stone which the builders refused is made the head of the corner" (Ps 118:22).
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This is that Moses which said . . . A prophet . . . him shall ye hear--This is quoted to remind his Moses-worshipping audience of the grand testimony of their faithful lawgiver, that he himself was not the last and proper object of the Church's faith, but only a humble precursor and small model of Him to whom their absolute submission was due.
This is that Moses, which said - A prophet, etc. - This very Moses, so highly esteemed and honored by God, announced that very prophet whom ye have lately put to death. See the observations at Deu 18:22 (note).
The words behind it
20 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οὗτός | houtos | This | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Μωϋσῆς | mouses | Moses | G3475 → | 78 times |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| εἴπας | eipas | having said | G2036 → | 925 times |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| υἱοῖς | huiois | sons | G5207 → | 377 times |
| Ἰσραήλ· | israel | of Israel; | G2474 → | 68 times |
| προφήτην | propheten | A prophet | G4396 → | 144 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | for you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἀναστήσει | anastesei | will raise up | G450 → | 107 times |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| ἐκ | ek | out from | G1537 → | 911 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀδελφῶν | adelphon | brothers | G80 → | 343 times |
| ὑμῶν | humon | of you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὡς | hos | like | G5613 → | 500 times |
| ἐμέ | eme | me myself | G1473 → | 839 times |
οὗτόςThis
houtosG3778 →1381 times
ἐστινis
estinG1510 →2333 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ΜωϋσῆςMoses
mousesG3475 →78 times
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
εἴπαςhaving said
eipasG2036 →925 times
τοῖςto the
toisG3588 →19766 times
υἱοῖςsons
huioisG5207 →377 times
Ἰσραήλ·of Israel;
israelG2474 →68 times
προφήτηνA prophet
prophetenG4396 →144 times
ὑμῖνfor you
huminG4771 →2973 times
ἀναστήσειwill raise up
anasteseiG450 →107 times
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
θεὸςGod
theosG2316 →1312 times
ἐκout from
ekG1537 →911 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀδελφῶνbrothers
adelphonG80 →343 times
ὑμῶνof you
humonG4771 →2973 times
ὡςlike
hosG5613 →500 times
ἐμέme myself
emeG1473 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone…
it leads to
- John 8:47
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- 1 John 4:6
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- John 8:14
Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or…
- John 10:26–27
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
- 1 John 3:19
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
- John 8:47
Through
Acts 7:38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
it leads to
- Romans 3:2
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
- Hebrews 5:12
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- Deuteronomy 33:4
the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
- Romans 3:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 17; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts; Pseudo-Clement, Clementine Homilies, Homily 3 and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.