Who is the prophet like Moses that God promised to raise up?
Jesus of Nazareth is the prophet like Moses whom God promised to raise up. Stephen quotes Moses' prophecy in Acts 7:37 and then identifies its fulfillment as Jesus, the one who was with the assembly in the wilderness and received the living oracles.
Les explains that Stephen is trying to prove to Israel that Jesus was the Christ. In Acts 7:37, Stephen cites Moses' prophetic words: "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me." Les notes this means someone who would deliver Israel even as Moses did, and him you shall hear. Then in verse 38, Stephen says, "this is he," speaking of Jesus of Nazareth, who was in the church, the Ecclesia, or called out assembly of the children of Israel, in the wilderness with the angel, and received the living oracles, that is, the Law. So the promised prophet like Moses is Jesus.
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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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.