Who is the prophet like Moses that Stephen says Jesus is in Acts 7:37?
Jesus is the prophet like Moses. Stephen declares that the Jesus he proclaims is the One Moses foretold in Acts 7:37, when Moses said God would raise up a prophet from Israel’s brethren like himself, saying, “Him shall you hear.” Stephen presents Moses as a type and forerunner of Christ.
Les explains that Stephen is making the connection that Moses was just a forerunner of the Christ, a type of the Christ. Stephen goes back to Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the encampment at Mount Sinai under Moses’ leadership. At verse 37 he quotes Moses’ words that God would raise up a prophet from their brethren like him, and at verse 38 Stephen says this Jesus he is proclaiming is the One Moses was talking about—the second deliverer, whom they crucified.
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.
More Questions
Who did Stephen say was the prophet that Moses said God would raise up?
In Acts 7:37-38, Stephen presented the Jesus he was proclaiming as the prophet whom Moses said God would raise up.
Why did Stephen make Moses a type of Christ in his Acts 7 sermon?
Stephen deliberately presented Moses as a forerunner and type of Christ in order to emphasize that the Christ, the second deliverer, had been crucified by them.