What did Moses prophesy about a prophet like himself?
Moses prophesied that the Lord God would raise up a prophet from the children of Israel’s brethren, like unto himself—one who would deliver Israel even as Moses did. He said this prophet would be like him, and him the people shall hear.
Les explains that Stephen is trying to prove to Israel that Jesus was the Christ. He cites Moses in Acts 7:37, who prophetically said to the children of Israel that the Lord their God would raise up a prophet from their brethren like unto him—someone who would deliver Israel even as Moses did. Stephen then identifies that promised one as Jesus of Nazareth in verse 38. He says this is the one who was in the church, the Ecclesia or called-out assembly of the children of Israel in the wilderness with the angel who spoke with him at Mount Sinai, and who received the living oracles, the Law. Les also notes that when God called Israel out of Egypt, He brought them through a Red Sea experience, a baptism without a drop of water, and they became a church without any church organization; church here means a called-out assembly.
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.
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.
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.
More Questions
What did Moses mean when he prophesied a prophet like unto himself?
The prophet like unto Moses that Moses prophesied about would be someone who would deliver Israel even as Moses did.
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.